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Nova Scotia: Saint John Island (now the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada)....

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1881

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This record is about the Nova Scotia: Saint John Island (now the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada).... dating from [c.1765] 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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Reference
MR 1/1881
Date
[c.1765]
Description

Nova Scotia: Saint John Island (now the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada). Map showing counties and townships, rivers, coves and the nature of the terrain. Reference table, partly torn away. Border. Scale: 2 inches to 1 mile. Compass star. Based on an original map by Captain Holland; this map by James Sampson.

Related material

For Captain Holland's map, see CO 700/PrinceEdwardIsland3

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
WO 78/2674
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
124.5 cm x 165.5 cm
Map scale
1:31680
Physical condition
MS, coloured. Damaged
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry1631
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560908/

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