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New General Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean and Adjacent Seas, Including the Coasts of Europe and Africa From 60 Degrees North Latitude to the Equator, and also the Opposite Coast of America; Drawn and Regulated by the most accurate Astronomical Observations, and the Journals of the most experienced Navigators; in which also are particularly distinguished the Determination of the Longitude as given by the Marine Clocks of Mr. Ferdinand Berthoud, in the Voyage performed by order of the Government of France, in 1768 and 1769 in the Ship Isis, to the Azores, Madera, the Canaries, Cape-Verd Islands, St. Domingo, the Great Bank of Newfoundland, &ca. by Mr. de Fleurieu, an Officer in the French Navy, and Member of the Royal Marine Academy, &ca
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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
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