A chart of the banks of Newfoundland drawn from a great number of hydrographical surveys, chiefly from those of Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu, connected and ascertained by astronomical observation.

• Main Authors: Norman, William, -1807, Cook, James, active 1762-1775, Chabert, Fleurieu
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norman, William, -1807 1794
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Anchorage; Belle Isle; Nantucket; Barres; Newfoundland
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Nautical chart representing the banks of Newfoundland. Shows state boundaries, islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, ports, shoals, and depths, given in fathoms. Features routes of voyages with historical notes. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a scale of nautical leagues, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With table: Astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded. Black and white engraving. Chart is 49 x 82 cm, on double sheet 54 x 86 cm. The American Pilot : Containing the navigation of the sea coast of North America, from the streights of Belle Isle to Cayenne, including the island and banks of Newfoundland, the West India islands, and all the islands on the coast … Published by William Norman in Boston, 1794. Folio; rebound in half calf over boards. Atlas comprised of eleven charts (including one ancillary chart and one inset chart). Charts show coastlines, cities, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks, directions of currents, and depths, given in fathoms. One chart features pictorial illustrations of ships and a sea monster; another provides descriptive notes with navigational instructions. Copper-plate engravings. The 1794 version of John and William Norman's American Pilot features foundational maps of Nantucket by Pinkham and the Carolinas by Daniel Dunbibin. This atlas is among the earliest to be published in the United States. In 1785, John Norman had proposed to the Massachusetts legislature to print a "Correct Set of Compleat Maps" depicting the coast from Newfoundland's Banks to the Gulf of Mexico. These maps were meant to align with the recent surveys conducted by the British Government, such as those by J.F.W. Des Barres, Samuel Holland, and others published in the Atlantic Neptune. Norman's proposal claimed that these drafts would be published on different scales to enhance their usefulness and offer printed directions and observations for mariners. This would ...