A plan of Cape Fear River from the Bar to Brunswick. London. Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map & Sea Chart sellers, No. 53 in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs. 1st. July 1776.

• Main Authors: Cook, James, active 1762-1775, Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) 1776
• Subjects: American Revolution; Nautical Charts; Newfoundland
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Nautical chart of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, in 1776. Shows cities, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, ports, bays, anchorage, shoals, islands, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown with hachures. With arrows indicating the direction of ocean currents. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale given in leagues and a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With explanatory text and descriptive notes throughout. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 51 x 34 cm, on double plate 73 x 55 cm. Chart appears in second 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, ...