A chart of the Banks of Newfoundland, drawn from a great number of hydrographical surveys

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Title: A chart of the Banks of Newfoundland, drawn from a great number of hydrographical surveys: chiefly from those of Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu, connected and ascertained by astronomical observations
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Description: Printed map. "26th March 1787." Visual scale [78 mm=30 nautic leagues]. Includes textual notes and chart, "Astronomical observations on which this chart is grounded." Possibly from a later edition of The North American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence..., chiefly engraved by Thomas Jefferys, 1784 [i.e. 1788] or later.
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer, Map and Chartseller
Contributor: Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805, Cook, James, 1728-1779, Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret), comte de, 1738-1810, Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date: 1787-03-26
Type: Nautical charts
Format: map, [1:2,100,000 approximately]
Identifier: macrepo:81603, local: RMC_8805
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Language: eng
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Coverage: Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.), Europe--Canada--Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Cape Breton Island
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