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Quebec. 'A New Chart of the River St. Lawrence from the Island of Anticosti to the...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/241
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This record is about the Quebec. 'A New Chart of the River St. Lawrence from the Island of Anticosti to the... dating from 1775 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/241
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1775
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Quebec. 'A New Chart of the River St. Lawrence 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 order of Charles Saunders, Vice-Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships in the Expedition against Quebec in 1759'. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys. Published by command of the Admiralty. Printed by Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 53 Fleet Street, London, 16 February 1775. Scale: 1 inch to about 6 sea miles. Compass lines. Inset charts on a large scale of the approaches to Quebec; Richelieu Falls to Cap Diable; vicinity of Pointe aux Allouettes; Havre St. Nicholas, by Desjardins, pilot of Quebec; Bay of the Seven Islands; Coudre to Green Islands; Gaspé Bay; Mingan Island and Mingan Harbour; also numerous views of the coasts.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- T 62/98
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- Public Record(s)
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- 87.1 cm x 235.0 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1938
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559268/
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