North America south side of Cape Breton Island :
Madame Id. & Lennox Passage with the Southern entrance of the Gut of Canso /
Surveyed by Captn. H.W. Bayfield, assisted by Comr. Orlebar, Lieut. J. Hancock & W. Forbes, Master ; R.N. 1848.

Description

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Hydrographic Office
Related Names: Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892, bookseller.
Washington, John, 1800-1863, cartographer.
Orlebar, J., 1810-1891, surveyor.
Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885, surveyor.
Great Britain. Admiralty.
J. & C. Walker (Firm)
Language(s): English
Published: London : Published at the Admiralty, [1865]
Subjects: Nautical charts.
Cartes nautiques > Cartes nautiques / Nouvelle-Écosse.
Nautical charts > Nautical charts / Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia > Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island.
Nova Scotia.
Canada.
Canada > Canada / Maps.
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) > Cape Breton Island (N.S.) / Maps.
Nova Scotia > Nova Scotia / 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.
Navagational notes.
Lighthouses shown in red.
Legend for material under soundings.
"Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King St. Tower Hill."
"Engraved by J & C Walker."
"Published at the Admiralty April 25th 1860 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N.F.R.S. Hydrographer."
Mounted on linen.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms.
Physical Description: 1 map ; 62 x 94 cm
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