A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775.
Nautical chart of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1775. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Features routes of voyages. Relief shown pictorially. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar s...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~348989~90116522 2024-09-15T18:20:04+00:00 A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. 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. A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence . Cook, James, active 1762-1775 Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 Saint Lawrence, Gulf of Chedabucto Bay (N.S.) 1775 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 56 49 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348989~90116522 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400015.jpg unknown Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) London 14400.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348989~90116522 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400015.jpg 14400.015 Nautical Charts Chart Atlas Regional Atlas Atlas Map 1775 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:31Z Nautical chart of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1775. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Features routes of voyages. Relief shown pictorially. 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. With table: Astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 56 x 49 cm, on double plate 76 x 57 cm. 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 ... Map Newfoundland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) |
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Nautical Charts Cook, James, active 1762-1775 Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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Nautical chart of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1775. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Features routes of voyages. Relief shown pictorially. 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. With table: Astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 56 x 49 cm, on double plate 76 x 57 cm. 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 ... |
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A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 25th March 1775. |
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chart of the gulf of st. laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations. london. printed for & sold by robt. sayer and jno. bennett, no. 53 in fleet street, as the act directs. 25th march 1775. |
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Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) |
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