A chart of part of the Coast of Labradore, from Grand Point to Shecatica. Surveyed by Michael Lane in 1768. And engraved by Thomas Jeffreys Geographer to the King. Published by permission of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London. Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1 Augt. 1786. J. Jeffreys sculp.
Nautical chart of the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to Shecatica, Newfoundland, in 1768. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, ports, anchorage, shoals, islands, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown with hachures. Includes a legend, rhumb lines, a bar sca...
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Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
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| Summary: | Nautical chart of the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to Shecatica, Newfoundland, in 1768. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, ports, anchorage, shoals, islands, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown with hachures. Includes a legend, rhumb lines, a bar scale and a compass rose with north oriented toward upper-right of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout. With three inset charts: Plan of Mecatina Harbour -- Plan of St. Augustine -- Plan of Cumberland Harbour. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 50 x 52 cm, on double plate 55 x 74 cm. 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, Greek key frame and spine title, as well as marbled end papers. Collation: V. 1 - [6] pages, XXII plates; V. 2 - [2] pages, XIII plates. In total, the work contains 41 charts, with 28 charts on 22 plates in the first volume, and 13 charts on 13 plates in the second volume, some double ... |
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