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Map A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax.

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Title

  • A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax.

Created / Published

  • [London] : [Gentleman's Magazine], 1750.

Headings

  • -  Harbors--Nova Scotia--Halifax--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Halifax (N. S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Canada--Nova Scotia--Halifax

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Nautical charts

Notes

  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, 6 coat of arms, and drawings of three native insects and a porcupine.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750, volume 20.
  • -  LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper, with creases across lower right corner.
  • -  LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 450
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 22 x 27 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3424.H2P55 1750 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017585994

Online Format

  • image

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A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax. [London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1750] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585994/.

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(1750) A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax. [London: Gentleman's Magazine] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585994/.

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A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax. [London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1750] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017585994/>.