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Des Barres; Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
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English: [Sable Island]Two sheets, Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:120 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 15 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 57 W. There is a longitude error, so that the island is shown too far east. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Plate changes: 'Survey'd &' prefixed to the imprint. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Page number '63' type-stamped overleaf.
HNS 73E [Sable Island]
Date 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Plate impressions 75.5 x >56cm and 75.5 x >52.5cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/560083
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previous number: HNS 73
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Charts and maps

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