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State 1.
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Document identity
localId
q524n4768
label
A chart of the harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
q524n4768
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A chart of the harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia
description
State 1.
date
["[1768]"]
year
1768
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4000137_0037
creators
Morris, Charles
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Halifax Harbour--Early works to 1800
Halifax Harbour (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
subjectsGeographic
Canada
Halifax Harbour
North and Central America
Nova Scotia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Canada
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Thomas Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, near Charing Cross
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
44.6167
schema:longitude
-63.55
extent
1 map ; 40 x 60 cm.
notes
State 1.
Oriented with north to the right.
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes directions for entering the harbor.
Dedication: To the right honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax, first lord commissioner, and to the rest of the right honourable commissioners for trade and plantations this chart is most humbly inscribed by their most obliged & obedient humble servt. Thos. Jefferys.
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
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no
dcId
q524n4768
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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