A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada

Description

Printed map. Fourth state. "By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King." Two visual scales. "15 June 1775." "VII" in upper right margin. Described in Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada, Volume III, entry 745, p. 60: "Published in The American Atlas. Sayer & Bennett 1775, 1776 [1780], 1777, 1778, 1783... In addition to the title change, the imprint inside the lower border changes to 'Published according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys. Geographer to the King. / London, Printed & Sold by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street 15 June 1775.', with the last line engraved just outside the border. There are extensive cartographical changes to the map. For example Anticosti, Chaleur Bay, Cape Breton Island, and the area around the Bay of Fundy are all re-engraved. 'VII' is engraved top right, outside the neat-line. The depth soundings off the coast of Nova Scotia are retained. This state of the map was issued in a number of Atlas editions over the next decade, with at least seven different hand-coloured boundary configurations. However, all these are published from the same plate."