A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain: With the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astronomical observations of the longitude as well as latitude; with a

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Title: A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain: With the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astronomical observations of the longitude as well as latitude; with a
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771, creator
Published / Created: 1755
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Thos. Jefferys
Description: BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 14 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Hand colored.
Includes table of sources of observations.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Scale [ca. 1:2,600,000].
Scale ca. 1:1,900,000;English marine leagues 20 to a degree; English miles 69 1/2 to a degree.
Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region to Montreal.
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 62 cm.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 2003 Folio 85

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Hand coloring
Maps
Maps in books
Subject (Geographic): Canada -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Maritime Provinces -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
New England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Nova Scotia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Maps -- Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 6303425
Object ID (OID): 2040299