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Title

A general chart of the Island of Newfoundland with the rocks & soundings [cartographic material] 

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Item (linked) part of

Atlantic Provinces [cartographic material] (R11981-12-2-E)

Date(s)

10th May 1775

Place

London

Place of creation

England

Publisher

Thomas Jefferys

Extent

1 map : hand col. , mounted on linen ; 53 x 55 cm on sheet 62 x 73 cm.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Map shows the Island of Newfoundland, the southwest coast of Labrador and the northern tip of Cape Breton Island.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
536 Item no. assigned by LAC 536
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-214-3-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Library of Congress class no.
G 3436 .P5 1775 .J43 H2 copy 1

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Publisher: Jefferys, Thomas, 1695?-1771.
Surveyor: Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Surveyor: Lane, Michael, fl. 1768-1784.
Printer: R. Sayer and J. Bennett (Firm)

Additional information

Relief shown pictroailly .

Depths shown by soundings.

Prime meridian London.

"Published according to the Act of Parliament 10th May 1775 by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King."

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #536

Physical condition note
Conserved and mounted on linen.

Custodial history
Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation / reference note
Phillips 1165, plate no 12.
Phillips 1166, plate no 12
Phillips 1169, plate no 12
Phillips 1208, plate no 5
Phillips 1209, plate no 1
Phillips 3659a, plate no 12
LeGear 10325, plate no 1

Copy / version note
For microfiche copy see NMC 52302.
Copy negative available under C-85799.
For other copies of this map see Mikan 181780 and Amicus no 26306175.

Subject heading

1. Nautical charts - Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. Early works to 1800.
3. Newfoundland and Labrador

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3803254