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<dl><dd>1 map ; 61 x 94 cm folded to 68 x 50 cm.</dd>
<dd>1 map ; 61 x 94 cm folded to 68 x 50 cm</dd>
<dd>"Published at the Admiralty, April 10th 1860 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N.F.R.S. Hydrographer."</dd>
<dd>Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms</dd>
<dd>Legend for material under the soundings: blue, clay, gravel, mud, rock, sand</dd>
<dd>Lighthouses shown in red</dd>
<dd>Notes on navigation</dd>
<dd>Includes one inset map: Great Bras D'Or enlarged scale</dd>
<dd>Mounted on linen</dd>
<dd>"Price Three Shillings."</dd>
<dd>"Engraved by J &amp; C Walker."</dd>
<dd>"Sold by J.D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry."</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.; Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps.; Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of.; Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia.; Canada -- Maps.; McGill University Library Digitized Title; Bayfield Project; Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of; Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia; Nautical charts; Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Navigation -- Maps; Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps; Canada -- Maps; Atlantic Ocean -- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Canada; Nova Scotia</div>
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Great Britain. Hydrographic Office, issuing body</div>
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