William Rea Furlong map collection

Collection Summary

Title	William Rea Furlong map collection
Span Dates	1870-1918
Call No.	G5701.65 coll .F8 Furlong
Creator	Furlong, William Rea, 1881-1976
Extent	5 maps : some colored ; various sizes
Extent	1 folder
Language	Collection material in English and French
Location	Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/eadgmd.gm016004
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016586588
Summary	William Rea Furlong was a United States Navy Rear Admiral during World War II, who also served in the Navy during World War I. The collection consists of World War I-era maps and charts. One chart from 1918 depicts German and British minefields along the coast of England and a portion of continental Europe. Other items are nautical charts of Aegean Sea with annotations.