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<dl><dd>1 map ; 61 x 93 cm folded to 67 x 51 cm</dd>
<dd>"Published at the Admiralty 19th Novr. 1857 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N. F.R.S. Hydrographer"</dd>
<dd>Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in feet</dd>
<dd>Mounted on linen</dd>
<dd>Lighthouses shown in red</dd>
<dd>Notes on coastal features, geology, soils, vegetation and lighthouses</dd>
<dd>Incudes one coastal profile of Escumenac Light House</dd>
<dd>"Price Half a Crown"</dd>
<dd>"Engraved by J &amp; C Walker."</dd>
<dd>"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry &amp; 11 King St. Tower Hill."</dd>
<dd>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</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Navigation -- Maps.; Québec (Province) -- Navigation -- Maps.; Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of.; Nautical charts -- Québec (Province); Canada -- Maps.; McGill University Library Digitized Title; Bayfield Project; Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of; Nautical charts; Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Navigation -- Maps; Québec (Province) -- Navigation -- Maps; Canada -- Maps; Atlantic Ocean -- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Canada; Québec</div>
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Great Britain. Hydrographic Office, issuing body</div>
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