Map of Nova Scotia, or Acadia; with the islands of Cape Breton and St. John's, from actual surveys,
Scale ca. 1:390,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows administrative boundaries on St. John's Island. Includes inscription to "John Manners." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4; 651/5; 700/1
A plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Breton
Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Appears in An authentic account of the reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July 1758. London : W. Owen, 1758. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 344 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Date:1758-01-01
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A map of the River of Annapolis Royal
Shows the outline sketch of the River Annapolis Royal plan. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, manuscript map. Dedicated to Lawrence Armstrong, probably by George Mitchell, deputy of David Dunbar, who was appointed surveyor general in 1728. In Beamish Murdock's: A history of Nova-Scotia, or Acadie, Volume 1, page 482, is the following: Soon after (1732) a deputy of Colonel Dunbar's as H.M. Surveyor General of…
[Maps of Nova Scotia and Halifax harbor and view of lighthouse].
Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on two sheets pasted together. Sectioned in two and mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Date:1840-01-01
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Plan du Cap Breton, dit Louisbovrg avec ces environs pries
Plan du Cap Breton, dit Louisbourg avec ces environs pries
Relief shown by shading and land forms. Buildings, vegetation, ships and military troop and encampent positions shown pictorially. Shows military troop and ship positions for the Siege of Louibourg in 1758. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor, covered with silk fabric and varnished. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Baye Ste. Anne ou le Port Dauphin dans l'Isle Royale.
Scale ca. 1:100,000. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I, no. 25." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 700
Contributor:
Croisey, P. - [Bellin, Jacques Nicolas]
Date:1764-01-01
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A plan of the island of Cape Breton
Scale 1:253,440; 24 statute miles or 4 to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated on verso: Island of Cape Breton and sundry plans unfinished. Watermark: J. Whatman. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 321 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1
A plan of the city & fortifications of Louisburg.
Appears in the London Magazine, August 1758, volume 27, opposite page 384. Includes index and indexed profile. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 338 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Date:1758-01-01
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Plan du port de Chibouctou à la côte de l'Acadie avec les côtes voisines.
Scale ca. 1:90,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 1. C." located above upper right corner of border. From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 472 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 110; 650/1; 700/1
A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax.
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…
Date:1750-01-01
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Canada et Louisiane
Scale ca. 1:4,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery, 415 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 33 Includes illus. of Niagara Falls and text at bottom of map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in French to show "les pretensions des Anglois" especially as regards boundaries and treaties concerning Nova Scotia. Vault AACR2
Contributor:
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Date:1755-01-01
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Plan des Havens von Chebucto und der Stadt Halifax
Depths shown by soundings. Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, illustrated cartouche, and indexed view of "Prospect der neuen Westmünster Brücke von der Nord Seite". In upper right: N. 1. Oriented with north to the right. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 451 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site…
Date:1751-01-01
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Map of Nova Scotia, or Acadia; with the islands of Cape Breton and St. John's, from actual surveys,
Scale ca. 1:390,000; 60 miles to a degree. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Imperfect: Deterioration along creases. Includes inscription to "John Manners" and illus. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 312 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Map of the Island of Newfoundland, 1689.
This nautical map of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence was drawn in 1689 by the Basque cartographer Pierre Detcheverry at Plaisance (present-day Placentia, Newfoundland, Canada), the French capital of Newfoundland, for Governor Antoine Parat. It contains many place-names in the Basque language and details the many anchorages along the coast between Newfoundland and Tadoussac (present-day Quebec). Along with the Portuguese, the Basques were early…