A new chart of the river St. Laurence,
from the island of Anticosti to the falls of Richelieu: With all the islands, rocks, shoals, and soundings, also particular directions for navigating the river with safety. Taken by the order of Charles Saunders, Esqr. ... in the expedition against Quebec in 1759.
Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Description

Main Author

Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.

Related Names

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)

Language(s)

English

Published

London; Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett, map & sea-chart sellers, 1775.

Subjects

Nautical charts.
Nautical charts > Nautical charts / Saint Lawrence River > Nautical charts / Saint Lawrence River / Early works to 1800.
North America > North America / Saint Lawrence River.
Saint Lawrence River > Saint Lawrence River / Maps > Saint Lawrence River / Maps / Early works to 1800.
Maps.
Early works.

Note

Includes text, 17 coastal views, and 9 insets.
Pl. no.: XXII, XXI, XX.
Appears in the author's The North American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the gulf and river St. Laurence. 1777.
Shows settlements, ship channels, and anchorages.
"This chart was drawn from particular surveys of the following places; and published for the use of British navigators, by command of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Charles Saunder, Pall Mall, May 1st., 1760."
Each sheet composed of 4 sections glued together.
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown in fathoms.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Physical Description

map 235 x 86 cm. on 3 sheets 92 x 83 cm. or smaller.

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