Chart of part of the south coast of Newfoundland including the Islands of Langley, St. Peters and Miquelon with the southern entrance into the Gulph of St. Laurence from actual surveys taken by order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c. By James Cook, Surveyor. Published by permission, of the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by James Cook. Printed for R. Sayer Mapseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street. 10 May 1787.
Nautical chart of the south coast of Newfoundland, including the islands of Langley [Greening's Island], Saint Peter's and Miquelon, in 1787. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, ports, bays, anchorage, shoals, islands, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief...
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Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
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| Summary: | Nautical chart of the south coast of Newfoundland, including the islands of Langley [Greening's Island], Saint Peter's and Miquelon, in 1787. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, ports, bays, anchorage, shoals, islands, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown with hachures. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout. Inset charts: Port Aux Basque -- St. Peters Island survey'd by Engineer Fortin in 1763 -- Great Jervis Harbour -- Harbour Briton -- Harbour of St. Laurence. Also with profile view: A view of C. Chapeaurouge or the Mountain of the Red Hat, taken at the Point A in the chart. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 64 x 193 cm, on fold-out plate 68 x 197 cm. References listed at upper right. Chart appears in first volume of atlas. The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence : Being a collection of sixty accurate charts and plans, drawn from original surveys : taken by James Cook and Michael Lane, Surveyors, and Joseph Gilbert, and other Officers in the King's Service, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett in London, 1784. Second edition, in two volumes. Second volume title: The North-American Pilot for New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; also the two Carolinas, and Florida, drawn from original surveys, taken by Capt. John Gascoigne, Joshua Fisher, Jacob Blamey, and other officers and pilots in his majesty's service. (Part the second). Using the surveys of Captain James Cook and others, Jefferys began this chart atlas in 1768. The first edition of The North American Pilot followed in 1775 and was subsequently re-issued several times. Atlas comprised of nautical charts depicting waters in and around North America, such as the Hudson River, Boston Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Each volume bound in remboîtage with gilt floral border, ... |
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