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Title

A new and correct chart of the north part of America from New Found Land to Hudson Bay [cartographic material]. 

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Item (linked) part of

Arctic [cartographic material] (R11981-6-7-E)

Date(s)

[between 1745 - 1760]

Place

London, Tower Hill

Place of creation

England

Publisher

Sold by W. & I. Mount & T. Page

Extent

1 map : hand col. outline ; 43 x 56 cm on sheet 53 x 71 cm.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Map covers the area from Hudson Bay east to the west coast of Greenland. Aslo shows the major east coast fishing banks.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC27781
90: Open
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
268 Item no. assigned by LAC 268
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-274-X-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H2/1100/[1737] copy 2

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Publisher: Mount & Page (Firm)

Additional information

Depths shown by soundings.

Prime meridians the Lizard (Cornwall) and Tenarief.

Includes a compass rose and rhumb lines.

From:The English pilot. The fourth book. describing the west-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the river Amazones...

On verso upper right corner #2.

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 268.

Custodial history
Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Related materials
For other copies and editions see: H12/1100/[1706-1737] (NMC 6936) ; H3/1100/[1794] (NMC 8003) ; G/1106/.P5E5/1775/fol (AMICUS No 2630615) ; G/1106/.P5E5/1780/fol (AMICUS No 28938763)

Citation / reference note
Phillips Entry 3652 (map no [2]) 1745; Entry 1158 (map no [2]) 1758 ; 1160 (map no[2]) 1760
LeGear Entry no 10315 (map no [2]) 1759

Copy / version note
The microfiche version is NMC 27781.

Subject heading

1. Nautical charts - Hudson Bay - Early works to 1800.
2. Nautical charts - Newfoundland and Labrador - Early works to 1800.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3821834