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Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence, from Fort Fronteac to the Islands of Anticosti, shewing the Soundings, Rocks, Shoals, &c. with Views of the Lands and all necessary Instructions for navigating the River to Quebec

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Title: Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence, from Fort Fronteac to the Islands of Anticosti, shewing the Soundings, Rocks, Shoals, &c. with Views of the Lands and all necessary Instructions for navigating the River to Quebec
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, cartographer
Somer, I., engraver
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1775-05-25
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "A very fine chart, with engraved instructions to navigators and other information. With inset charts of the Seven Islands and the Road to Tadousac; also elevations of the Mountains of Notre Dame and the Lands from Cape Torment to the Butt." Kershaw identifies as the fifth state and supplies appeared in information. Seven sub-maps and views.. Prime meridian: Quebec City. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: Kershaw 669; LC Phillips 653. Verso Text: MS notes: 145 32.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 60 x 94 cm., sheet 64 x 97 cm.
Identifier: 105:145 M
433447
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/814
Language: English
Subject: Nautical charts--Saint Lawrence River--Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River--Maps--Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1775
Place: North America St. Lawrence River
W 71°
W 64°/N 46°30'
N 50°30'
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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