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Des Barres; Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
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English: [Chignecto Bay]Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:60 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 22.5 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 40' W. Tidal symbols. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. 17C. Plate same as 17B. Other features: The two western sheets are unwatermarked paper, the east sheet is Bates. The coast is outlined in blue only on the west sheet. Border yellow. Longitude value 64 is still in manuscript. Page number '3' type-stamped overleaf.
HNS 17C [Chignecto Bay]
Date 1777
date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Plate impressions 76 x 55cm, 75 x 54.5cm and 76 x 54.5cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/559086
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previous number: HNS 17
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Charts and maps

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