A sketch of Beaver Harbour with some remarks thereon taken while in search of building and limestone [cartographic material] / By John Marr, engineer

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  A sketch of Country Harbour with some remarks thereon taken while in search of building and limestone [cartographic material] / By John Marr, engineer

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  One of a group of four maps depicting harbors in Nova Scotia made for the attention of General Jeffery Amherst, then Commander in Chief in North America. The group of maps all have the same scale as stated on the first. John Marr was an engineer assigned to British forces in Nova Scotia. John Henry Bastide was the chief engineer at Halifax. This sketch shows Country Harbour, several small islands, rock formations and other shipping hazards and gives the soundings in the harbor. Colored.

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  A sketch of Pope's Harbour with some remarks thereon taken while in search of limestone and freestone [cartographic material] / By John Marr, engineer

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  A sketch of Whitehead Harbour taken while searching for building and limestone with some remarks [cartographic material] / By John Marr, engineer

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  Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

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  Manuscript map drawn by Charles Rivez, apparently a copy of an earlier map. Shows the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the Isle of Anticosti, locating Québec, the islands, rivers, capes and mountains. The inset map shows the the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Strait of Belle Isle to Nova Scotia, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Isle of St. John and the coast to Gaspee Bay. Soundings are noted for the Gulf. Another copy of this map, also by Charles Rivez shows more detailed soundings, for both St. Lawrence River and the Gulf, has the shoals and and banks colored in blue and sailing directions in English (see mssHM 15430).

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  A chart of the coast of Nova Scotia from Port Maltois to Lawrence town [cartographic material] / Copeye'd by me E. Meyer Lt. of the 60, or Royal American Regt. 1757

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  Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

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  Manuscript map drawn by Charles Rivez, apparently a copy of an earlier map. Shows the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the Isle of Anticosti, locating Québec, the islands, rivers, capes and mountains. The inset map shows the the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Strait of Belle Isle to Nova Scotia, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Isle of St. John and the coast to Gaspee Bay. Detailed soundings are given for both the river and gulf maps. Shoals and banks are colored in blue. An observation of sailing directions is in English and in a different hand than Rivez. Another copy of this map, also by Charles Rivez shows soundings for the gulf and none for the river. (see mssHM 15429).

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