A new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island : with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astronomical observations of the longitude as well as latitude

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Title:
A new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island : with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astronomical observations of the longitude as well as latitude
Contributor:
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Name on Item:
by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King.
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps
Location:
Harvard Library
Collection (local):
Harvard Map Collection
Subjects:
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maritime Provinces--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Nova Scotia (province)
Saint Lawrence River
New England (area)
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 61 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/z603vh79c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : Printed & sold by R. Sayer & J. Bennett
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:1,900,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/011316075/catalog
Notes:
Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region to Montreal.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
"VII" located above upper right corner of border.
From the author's The American atlas. 1775.
Includes table of sources of observations.
Historiated title cartouche.
LCCN:
73696223

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