A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain : 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 ; with an explanation


A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain
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Title:
A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain : 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 ; with an explanation
Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Publisher:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maritime Provinces--Maps--Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
New England (area)
CanadaNova Scotia (province)
Saint Lawrence River
Extent:
1 map ; 48 x 62 cm.
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] : Thos. Jefferys
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:1,960,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
2nd state.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence River region to Montreal.
Includes table of sources of observations.
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 307
Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 66b
Identifier:
06_01_009606
Barcode:
30000002835734