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

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

Date:

[between 1745 - 1760].

Reference:

R11981-274-X-E, Volume number: 268

Local class no.:

H2/1100/[1737] copy 2

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3821834

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.

Additional name(s):

Publisher: Mount %26 Page (Firm)

Additional information:

General note:

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.

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.

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on map number 2 on verso and the various editions listed in Phillips and LeGear where map was numbered no 2. Date also based on the form of the publishers name appearing on plate. The company under W. & J Mount and T. Page flourished between that time period.

Related material:

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)

Subject heading:

Nautical charts - Hudson Bay - Early works to 1800

Nautical charts - Newfoundland and Labrador - Early works to 1800

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation 90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.

Microfiche [R11981] NMC27781

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

268 Item no. assigned by LAC 268

[Consultation 90 Open]

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