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A sketch of the River Exploits and the east end of Lieutenants Lake in Newfoundland [cartographic material]
Date:[1768].Reference:Local class no.: H3/110/Exploits River/[ca.1773], G3437 .E82 1768 .C37 H3, Box number: 2000206202Local class no.:G3437 .E82 1768 .C37 H3, H3/110/Exploits River/[ca.1773]Type of material:Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:189829Date(s):[1768].Bilingual equivalent:Place:Toulinguet [Twillingate], Newfoundland:Place of creation:Newfoundland and LabradorPublisher:John Cartwright,Extent:1 map : ms., col. ; 39 x 31 cm.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Item is a manuscript map of the Exploits River and the interior of Newfoundland.Provenance:Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:Showing the sites near the Exploits River where the Beothuk people lived (pale brown ink) and a conical summer mamateek.
Oriented with north at the bottom.
Relief shown by hachures.
Old call no.: 110 Exploits [ca. 1773] H3
Physically separated in 1979 from John Cartwright, "Remarks on the situation of the Red Indians, natives of Newfoundland; with some account of their manner of living: together with such descriptions as are necessary to the explanation of the sketch of the country they inhabit, taken on the spot in the year 1768. 13th Jan. 1773".
Report dedicated "To the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Dartmouth this manuscript is presented, in a full reliance on his Lordship's indulgence to its many imperfections, and with sentiments of the trust respect & deference by His Lordship's mose obedient humble servant. John Cartwright. 13th January 1773."
In William Legge, 2nd Earl of Darthmouth fonds (R9370; Mikan 104170; MG 23 A1(1), vol. 3; microfilm H-993, pp. 3212-3294; available on Canadiana Heritage: http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_104170; images 1301-1354).Citation/reference note:Treasures of the National Archives of Canada, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, Ottawa, Communication Group-Publishing, Supply and Services Canada, 1992, p. 38-39.
Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of Canada. Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps, p. 122-123.
Ingeborg Marshall, History and Ethnography of the Beothuk, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996.
G. Malcolm Lewis (1998), "Maps, Mapmaking, and Map Use by Native North Americans", The History of Cartography, Volume Two, Book Three: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies, edited by David Woodward and G. Malcolm Lewis, Chapter 4, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, p. 73.
G. M. Story, "CARTWRIGHT, GEORGE," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.
Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, The Beothuk, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/toc/aboriginal-peoples-table-of-contents.php#relbeo
Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, Beothuk Housing,
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/aboriginal/beothuk-housing.phpCartographic math data:Undetermined scale.Availability of other formats note:Microfiche: NMC 27., C print number 17988.Subject heading:Source:PrivateLibrary of Congress class no.:G3437 .E82 1768 .C37 H3 -
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To be viewed in the presence of staff responsible for the collection.Microfiche NMC27[Consultation Open]Box [110 EXPLOITS [CA. 1773]] 2000206202[Consultation Open]Cartographic material: microform[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Copyright: expired.
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