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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
RHP14597 |
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Title |
Chart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada |
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Dates |
1790 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Access conditions |
This record has been digitally imaged and will not be produced for readers. The digital image may be seen in the NRS Search Rooms on the 'Virtual Volumes' system. |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
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Description |
'A New Chart of the Gulf of St Lawrence Compiled from the Original Drawings of Actual Surveys: preserving the Natural Configurations of the several coasts & Headlands; The whole Adjusted by Astronomical Observations'. By Thomas Wright, surveyor general of the Island St John. Published by William Faden, Geographer to the king, London.
No scale. 1273 x 1048 mm. Printed. Linen backing.
Sea chart of the Gulf of St Lawrence. Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, the islands of Cape Breton and Saint John and Anticosti and part of Canada named. Coasta points named. Depths of water and tide details given. Table giving the latitudes and longitudes that have been determined by astronomical observation. Pictorial views of the making of Cape North, Island St Paul and Cape Roy given. Inset enlarged plan of the Mingan and Esquimaux Islands. Decorative title including vignette of walrus, fishermen, boat, house and cattle ploughing. |
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Level |
File |
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Extent |
1 plan, folded |
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Related material |
GD266 |
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Archival history |
Pearson, Robertson, & Maconochie WS (GD266) |
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