| Summary: | A hydrographical map of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland published in 1775. The astronomical observations on which the chart is based can be seen in the lower right corner of the map. Depth measurements are marked throughout the map. The routes taken by Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu are marked with ships and outlined and notes about sand quality. Towns, bodies of water, and the Grand Banks themselves are labelled throughout. Scale is 1:2,200,000. Published as part of the atlas The American Atlas: Or, A Geographical Description Of The Whole Continent Of America . Engraved On Forty-Eight Copper Plates, By The Late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and Others. London, Printed and Sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Print Sellers, No. 53, Fleet-Street. MDCCLXXVI. Material digitized as part of an Academic Innovation Fund (AIF), awarded in 2018. For more information see: http://avptl.info.yorku.ca/academic-innovation-fund/ .
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