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Prime meridian: Quebec.
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Document identity
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q524nh872
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An exact chart of the river St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the island of Anticosti shewing the soundings, rocks, shoals &c with views of the lands and all necessary instructions for navigating that river to Quebec
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map
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q524nh872
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map
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normalized
title
An exact chart of the river St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the island of Anticosti shewing the soundings, rocks, shoals &c with views of the lands and all necessary instructions for navigating that river to Quebec
description
Prime meridian: Quebec.
date
["[1768]"]
year
1768
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
creators
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
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
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Saint Lawrence River
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Maps
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Cartographic
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1
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pubPlace
London
publisher
Thos. Jefferys
Source extras
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41688024w
schema:latitude
49.5
schema:longitude
-65
extent
1 map on 2 sheets ; 60 x 95 cm.
notes
Prime meridian: Quebec.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Includes text.
Insets: The Seven Islands -- A continuation of the river from Quebec to Lake Ontario -- St. Nicholas or English Harbor -- The traverse or passage from Cape Torment into the South Channel of Orleans Island -- A view of the lands from Cape Torment to the Butt as it appears in sailing through the Travers into the South Channel -- The road of Tadousac.
Includes profile of The mountains of our Lady of Notre Dame.
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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q524nh872
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map
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