Manuscripts

Part of the Island of Newfoundland: [showing St. John's Harbour]. [cartographic material]

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Description: Manuscript map, one of a group of three depicting Newfoundland. Appears to be a copy, made 1800 or later, of an earlier map. Shows the contemporary fort located to the north of the town, a proposed, much enlarged fort on the hills behind the town, the town and St. John's Harbour with gun batteries. Colored.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1800 or later
Call number: mssHM 15465 map 1
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 105, No. 565, 1927.
Dimensions: 21 x 24 cm
Associated people: Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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Entrance into St. Johns Harbour Newfoundland. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, one of a group of three depicting Newfoundland. Appears to be a copy, made 1800 or later, of an earlier map. Shows the entrance into St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland. Shows the foundations and early building stages of two gun batteries, a smaller one on the north shore and a larger, more advanced one on the south. Colored.

mssHM 15465 map 3

Part of the Island of Newfoundland: [showing Quiddy Viddy Pond]. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, one of a group of three depicting Newfoundland. Appears to be a copy, made 1800 or later, of an earlier map. Shows "Quiddy Viddy Pond" [i.e. Quidi Vidi Lake], the coastline, entrance to Quidi Vidi, Cuckold's Island and Cuckold's Cove. Colored.

mssHM 15465 map 2

Quebec. Ville de L'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, copied approximately 1757, of a plan of Québec drawn by Robert de Villeneuve in 1690. The map shows the city, harbor and fortifications, including batteries and gun placements. Lightly washed with color, fort and gun sights from the fort are drawn in red. A printed version of Villeneuve's map may be found in Winsor, Justin. A narrative & critical history of America. 1884. Vol. IV:354.

mssHM 15467

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Steel's New & Accurate Chart of the Coast of North America, from the Straits of Belle Isle to Boston, Including the Islands of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia & St. John's, the Gulf & River St. Lawrence, Bay of Fundy &c. Compiled from the best and most recent Authorities

Visual Materials

A large navigational chart with both rhumb and grid lines. Several submaps. Submaps of Barrington & Shelburne Harbours, St. Andrew's Harbour. Port of Liverpool, Plan of Cape Canso, Halifax Harbour, (Nova Scotia), St. John's Harbour(Newfoundland), St. John's Harbour(New Brunswick), River St. Lawrence from the English Bank to Quebec, Enlarged view Quebec City, River above Quebec City. List of Lighthouses in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Views of Cape Chat, Mt. Camel, Funk Island, Young Harry Rock, Cape Bonavista. MS 2 upper right.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 275.

A map of the harbour of Halifax [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing the coastline and harbors from Jebucto (i.e. Chebucto) Head to Bedford Basin and Fort Sacville with bearing points, soundings and the channels. Halifax Harbour is depicted in great detail. Probably drawn by Charles Rivez from an original.

mssHM 15419

The Gulph of St. Laurence [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript chart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence shows part of Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island, St. John's Island and Nova Scotia. Also shows the northern bank of St. Lauwrence to Point de Menepeles, and the south bank from Gaspé. Lower part shows the head of the Bay of Fundy. A copy by Charles Rivez, probably drawn in 1757.

mssHM 15434

Part of the Island of Newfoundland: [showing St. John's Harbour]. [cartographic material]

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