Gulf of St. Lawrence :
Magdalen Islands /
Surveyed by Lieut. P.E. Collins R.N.

Description

Corporate Author

Great Britain. Hydrographic Office

Related Names

Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892, bookseller.
Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885.
Collins, Philip E., surveyor.
Great Britain. Admiralty.
J. & C. Walker (Firm)

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Published at the Admiralty, [1862]

Edition

Corrections to 1860. Decr. 1862.

Subjects

Nautical charts.
Nautical charts > Nautical charts / Québec (Province)
Nautical charts > Nautical charts / Saint Lawrence, Gulf of.
Québec.
Canada.
Atlantic Ocean > Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Canada > Canada / Maps.
Québec (Province) > Québec (Province) / Maps.
Saint Lawrence, Gulf of > Saint Lawrence, Gulf of / Maps.
Nautical charts.
Maps.

Note

Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada.
"Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry."
"J & C Walker Sculpt."
"Price Eighteenpence."
Includes ten coastal profiles.
Lighthouses shown in red.
Notes on tides and best water for navigation.
Legend for sandbanks, under the soundings: sand, gravel, stones, shells, sea eggs, rock.
Mounted on linen.
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in fathoms.
"Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, April 12th 1838."

Physical Description

1 map ; 58 x 44 cm

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