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[A plan of the city and harbour of Halifax]. [cartographic material]

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[1758-1760]

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Local class no.: H2/240/Halifax/[1758-1760], Box number: 2000207702

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H2/240/Halifax/[1758-1760]

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Maps and cartographic material

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4133827

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[A plan of the city and harbour of Halifax].
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Date(s):

[1758-1760]

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Place of creation:

Canada

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s.n.,

Extent:

1 map : Pc ; 47.0 x 84.7.

Language of material:

English

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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[The city of Halifax]; 12.5 x 37.0; 1:10,200 (approx.)
This preliminary draft of Cook's "A plan of the Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia" gives soundings in the area from Cape Sambro to the Bedford Basin. There is also a small plan of Halifax which has an alphabetic explanation. As Cook wintered at Halfiax from 1758 to 61 the chart is probably derived from information he gathered during this period. Cook was also in the Halifax area in 1762 but as the inset of Halifax shows the first citadel which lasted from 1749-58 (The Halifax Citadel p. 4) the terminal date of 1760 has been assigned. As most naval personnel, Cook had high praise for Halifax harbour. "The Harbour of Halifax is without doubt one of the best in America sufficiently large to hold all the Navy of England with great safety." (Cook, Coasts of Nova Scotia).
Original - British Museum p. 35811 Add. Mss 31360. For provenance of this Ms. group see J.C. Beaglehole The journals of Captain James Cook, vol. 1. For fait copy of this chart see: H2/240/Halifax/[1758-1760]. James Cook, Coast of Nova Scotia Newfoundland & Cape Breton. Facsimile of original Cook notes, held by the National Lbrary of Australia. Reporduced in Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia for the year 1958. The Halifax Citadel Information Canada, Ottawa, 1973.

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Scale 1:140,000 (approx)

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