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The Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence, the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John, Antecosty, Sable, etc. and soundings thereof.

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Relief shown by shading. Soundings in fathoms. Shows tidal depths and bottom conditions. "Published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. by Jos. F. W. Des Barres Esq, MDCCLXXVIII." Includes notes. Vault AACR2

Date
1779
Mapmaker / publisher
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
Place
North America
Scale
1:2,000,000
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
14,672 × 10,272 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"The Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence, the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John, Antecosty, Sable, etc. and soundings thereof." (1779). Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Coast_of_Nova_Scotia,_New_England,_New_York,_Jersey,_the_Gulph_and_River_of_St._Lawrence,_the_islands_of_Newfoundland,_Cape_Breton,_St._John,_Antecosty,_Sable,_etc._and_soundings_thereof._LOC_77693981.jpg

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