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North America, Nova Scotia : Whitehaven   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Great Britain. Hydrographic Office, issuing body
Title
North America, Nova Scotia : Whitehaven
Publisher
London : Published at the Admiralty
Description
1 map ; 93 x 62 cm
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in feet
Mounted on linen
Includes two coastal profiles of Whitehead Island
Lighthouse shown in red
Legend for material under soundings
"Published at the Admiralty 2nd April 1860 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N. F.R.S. Hydrographer."
"Engraved by J & C Walker."
"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King St. Tower Hill."
Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada

Subjects: Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps.; Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia.; Canada -- Maps.; McGill University Library Digitized Title; Bayfield Project; Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia; Nautical charts; Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps; Canada -- Maps; Canada; Nova Scotia
Language English
Publication date 1855
publication_date QS:P577,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto
Accession number
McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-109-19281
Source
Internet Archive identifier: McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-109-19281
https://archive.org/download/McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-109-19281/rbsc_map_bayfield-109.pdf
  • IA contributor: McGill University Library

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