A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence, composed from a great number of actual surveys and other materials, regulated and connected by astronomical observations
Summary
Scale ca. 1:500,000.
Hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms.
"Pl. no: XI."
Three copies: Copy 1, boundaries outlined in yellow, green, brown, and blue. Copy 2, boundaries outlined in brown and blue. Copy 3, boundaries outlined in blue, yellow, and green.
From the author's The American atlas. 1775.
Includes listing of "Astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded."
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 257
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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nautical charts
saint lawrence gulf of
early works to 1800
maps
gulf of saint lawrence
american revolution and its era maps and charts of north america and the west indies 1750 1789
military battles and campaigns
geography and map division
thomas jefferys
robert sayer and john bennett firm
map
ultra high resolution
high resolution
west indies
age of discovery
vintage maps
Date
01/01/1775
Location
gulf of saint lawrence
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain