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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.

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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.

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Scale ca. 1:150,000.
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms.
Originally on 12 plates.
"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."
Shows settlements, ship channels, and anchorages.
Includes text and 17 coastal views.
Insets: [River St. Laurence from Quebec to Isle of Orleans]--[River St. Laurence from Richelieu Falls to the English Bank]--[Bay of the Seven Islands]--[Mingan Island]--[Mingan Harbor]--[Gaspee Bay]--[River St. Laurence from English Bank to Green Island]
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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AACR2: 100; 650/1; 651/2

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Date

01/01/1760
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Contributors

Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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