Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amérique septentrionale : pour rectifier les cartes des côtes de l'Acadie, de l'isle Royale & de l'isle de Terre-Neuve, et pour fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques /

• Main Authors: Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805., Heulland, Guillaume d', -approximately 1770, engraver., Académie des sciences (France), Great Britain. Commonwealth Office. Library, former owner. UkLU-K, Imprimerie royale (France), printer.
• Format: Text
• Language: French
• Published: A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale 1753
• Subjects: Mathematical geography; Longitude; Geographical positions; Astronomy; Géographie mathématique; Astronomie; Positions géographiques; Pointe du Sud; Pointe du Sud-Ouest; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mcg.ark:/13960/t25b3xw09

"Pt. 1, an abridgment of his journal, records Chabert's voyage from Brest to Louisburg, four sorties thence to adjacent coasts and islands, with geographical observations in detail, and his return to France; pt. 2 contains astronomical observations in latitude and longitude."--Bibl. of Canadiana. "Carte réduite des costes de l'Acadie, de l'isle Royale et de la partie méridionale de l'isle de Terre-Neuve . par M. de Chabert . Dheulland sculp." facing p. 1; "Carte particuliere du détroit de Fronsac l'une des entrées du Golphe de S. Layrent ." facing p. 63; "Plan du port de Canseau ." facing p. 79; "Carte particuliere des costes du sud est de l'isle Royale ." facing p. 81; "Plan du port de Chibouctou ." facing p. 123; "Carte particuliere de la pointe du sud-ouest de l'Acadie qui comprend l'isle du Cap de Sable et les Isles aux Loups marins ." facing p. 129; all attributed to Chabert and Dheulland. Errata at end of index. Includes index. Woodcut tail-pieces. Engraved title page vignette and head-piece vignette on p. 1. Cited as v. 12 of the Suite des Mémoires published by Académie des sciences, Paris. Signatures: pi i⁴ A-2N⁴ a⁴ b Sabin, Lande, L.M. Lawrence Lande Coll., Mode of access: Internet. From the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Lande Collection: 1928 map of "Maritime provinces index to charts and plans" and blurb laid in; in custom clamshell box. One copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: armorial bookplate on front pastedown with "Du Cabinet de" featuring a coat of arms possiblly of French royal origin with Lion rampant. One copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: donor's bookplate on front pastedown: Presented to the Library by Lady Roddick. One copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: ink stamp on title page: Bibliotheque Geographique Hachette et cie. One copy in ...