A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775.
Nautical chart of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1760. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown pictorially. Includes rhumb lines, a bar scale and compass rose with north orie...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~348993~90116523 2024-05-12T08:07:14+00:00 A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & 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 plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay . Cook, James, active 1762-1775 Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 Chaleur Bay (N.B. and Québec) Saint Lawrence, Gulf of 1760 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 34 52 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348993~90116523 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400019.jpg unknown Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) London 14400.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348993~90116523 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14400019.jpg 14400.019 Nautical Charts Chart Atlas Regional Atlas Atlas Map 1760 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-04-12T13:42:07Z Nautical chart of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1760. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown pictorially. Includes rhumb lines, a bar scale and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout, and beneath map. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 34 x 52 cm, on plate 37 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 room for idlers. Under Capt. Simcoe's eye, Mr. Cook and myself compiled materials for a Chart of the ... Map Newfoundland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Anchorage Endeavour ENVELOPE(162.000,162.000,-76.550,-76.550) Newfoundland |
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Nautical Charts Cook, James, active 1762-1775 Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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Nautical chart of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in 1760. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown pictorially. Includes rhumb lines, a bar scale and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout, and beneath map. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 34 x 52 cm, on plate 37 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 room for idlers. Under Capt. Simcoe's eye, Mr. Cook and myself compiled materials for a Chart of the ... |
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A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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A plan of Ristigouche Harbour in Chaleur Bay, surveyed in 1760, by the Kings Ship Norwich. London. Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett No. 53 in Fleet Street as the Act directs, 25th, March 1775. |
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plan of ristigouche harbour in chaleur bay, surveyed in 1760, by the kings ship norwich. london. printed for & sold by robt. sayer & jno. bennett no. 53 in fleet street as the act directs, 25th, march 1775. |
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