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Table of contents to The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence . Includes imprint. Lists titles with associated plate numbers, given in Roman numerals. First of two pages. The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurenc...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~348977~90116509 2024-09-09T19:53:32+00:00 (Contents to) Index of the charts, plans, &c. (1) 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 permission of the Right hon. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Chiefly engraved by the Late Mr. Thomas Jeffreys, Geographer to the King. On thirty-six large copper-plates. London: printed according to Act of Parliament, and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, No. 53, in Fleet-Street. M.DCC.LXXV. Contents: Index of the charts, plans, &c. (1) Cook, James, active 1762-1775 Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 1775 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 57 41 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348977~90116509 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400003.jpg unknown Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) London 14400.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348977~90116509 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400003.jpg 14400.003 Chart Atlas Regional Atlas Contents 1775 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:31Z Table of contents to The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence . Includes imprint. Lists titles with associated plate numbers, given in Roman numerals. First of two pages. The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett in London, 1775. Atlas comprised of nautical charts created from surveys by James Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, and other officers in the King's Service. Bound in marbled boards, somewhat abraded. With gilt spine title. Collation: [4] pages, XXII plates. Volume contains 28 charts on 22 plates, some double and other fold-out. Charts show cities, fortifications, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks, shipwrecks and depths, given in fathoms. Charts include descriptive notes. Copper-plate engravings. See our 14471.000 for the 1784 second edition of this work. "Extremely rare. Published in the year of Cook's return to England from his second voyage, this is the first issue of the complete edition of the survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, which he carried out in the 1760s. These incredibly detailed and accurate charts, along with his skills as a navigator, were largely responsible for Cook being given command of the Endeavour, which took him on his first circumnavigation. Samuel Holland, the first Surveyor General of British North America, [provides] insight into Cook's surveying work in North America: . whenever I could get a moment of time from my duty, I was on board the Pembroke where the great cabin, dedicated to scientific purposes and mostly taken up with a drawing table, furnished no room for idlers. Under Capt. Simcoe's eye, Mr. Cook and myself compiled materials for a Chart of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, which plan at his decease was dedicated to Sir Charles Saunders; with no other alterations than what Mr. Cook and I made coming up the River. Another chart of the River, including Chaleur and Gaspe Bays, ... Map Newfoundland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Newfoundland Anchorage Endeavour ENVELOPE(162.000,162.000,-76.550,-76.550) Saunders ENVELOPE(-45.316,-45.316,-60.700,-60.700) |
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Table of contents to The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence . Includes imprint. Lists titles with associated plate numbers, given in Roman numerals. First of two pages. The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett in London, 1775. Atlas comprised of nautical charts created from surveys by James Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, and other officers in the King's Service. Bound in marbled boards, somewhat abraded. With gilt spine title. Collation: [4] pages, XXII plates. Volume contains 28 charts on 22 plates, some double and other fold-out. Charts show cities, fortifications, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks, shipwrecks and depths, given in fathoms. Charts include descriptive notes. Copper-plate engravings. See our 14471.000 for the 1784 second edition of this work. "Extremely rare. Published in the year of Cook's return to England from his second voyage, this is the first issue of the complete edition of the survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, which he carried out in the 1760s. These incredibly detailed and accurate charts, along with his skills as a navigator, were largely responsible for Cook being given command of the Endeavour, which took him on his first circumnavigation. Samuel Holland, the first Surveyor General of British North America, [provides] insight into Cook's surveying work in North America: . whenever I could get a moment of time from my duty, I was on board the Pembroke where the great cabin, dedicated to scientific purposes and mostly taken up with a drawing table, furnished no room for idlers. Under Capt. Simcoe's eye, Mr. Cook and myself compiled materials for a Chart of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, which plan at his decease was dedicated to Sir Charles Saunders; with no other alterations than what Mr. Cook and I made coming up the River. Another chart of the River, including Chaleur and Gaspe Bays, ... |
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