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A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia with Jebucto Bay and Cape Sambro, also the islands, ledges of rocks, shoals & soundings / Survey'd, by order of His Excellency Brigadier General Lawrence, Governour of the Province of Nova Scotia; by Charles Morris, chief surveyor, 1759. London : Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, 1768-. 1 map ; 40 x 61 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3424 H3 M67 1759 - Map
Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Published by command of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, for the benefit of the trade and navigation of Great Britain and its colonies. Includes inscription to George Dunk, Earl of Halifax and navigational text.
Harbors — Nova Scotia — Halifax Maps Early works to 1800
Nautical charts — Nova Scotia — Halifax Early works to 1800
A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple ; C. Lempriere inv. & del. ;B. Baron, sculp. ; engraved by Willm. Henry Toms ; introductory notes by William P. Cumming and Helen Wallis. Lympne Castle, Kent : Harry Margary, 1972. 1 atlas ([3], 20 pages of plates) : maps ; 60 x 7
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v. 1 - Map
Reprint. Original published: London : S. Harding, 1733. Part I of North America at the Time of the Revolution contains a reproduction of Henry Popple's 20 sheet map of the British Empire in America of 1733, with an Introduction by William pages Cumming and Helen Wallis--Publisher's note, leaf [8], part 3. Index map: leaf [3] Issued also in sheets. Sold by the proprietors S. Harding ... St. Martins Lane, and W.H. Toms ... in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn--leaf [3]
Cumming, William Patterson, 1900-
Margary, Harry
Wallis, Helen.
Cartography — North America — History
Maps, Early — Facsimiles
North America — Maps — To 1800.
Baye Ste. Anne ou le Port Dauphin dans l'Isle Royale / Croisey, sculp. Paris, 1764. 1 map ; 21 x 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3422 S3 B45 1764 - Map
Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Tome I, no. 25. From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Indexed for points of interest.
History of cartography / Leo Bagrow ; revised and enlarged by R.A. Skelton. 2nd ed. Chicago : Precedent Publishing, 1985. 312 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GA210 B313 1985
Skelton, R. A. (Raleigh Ashlin), 1906-1970.
Cartography — History
Early maps.
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Map of the county of Cornwall, in the island of Jamaica / laid down from the papers, under the direction of, Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61, & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is. London : D. Fournier, 1763. 1 map on 4 sheets ; colour, illustrations ; 98 x 123 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G4963 C6 C73 1763 - Map
Copy 1 is incomplete. Hand coloredition D. Fournier, invt. et delin. Inscribed To the Right Honorable Robert, Earl of Holdernesse.
Moore, Henry, Sir, 1713-1769
Simpson, James, surveyor
Fournier, Daniel, 1710-1766
Map of the county of Middlesex in the island of Jamaica / laid down from the papers, and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 60, & 61 and from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers is. London : D. Fournier, 1763. 1 map on 4 sheets : colour, illustrations ; 98 x 123 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G4963 M5 C73 1763 - Map
Hand coloredition Inscribed To the Right Honorable Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, first lord commissioner of trade & plantations.
Moore, Henry, Sir, 1713-1769
Simpson, James, surveyor
Fournier, Daniel, 1710-1766
Map of the county of Surry in the island of Jamaica / laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr., His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61, & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers i. London : D. Fournier, 1763. 1 map on 4 sheets : colour, illustrations ; 97 x 122 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G4963 S9 C73 1763 - Map
Copy 2 is incomplete. Hand coloredition Inscribed To the right honorable George Grenville, Esq., first lord commissioner of the treasury, chancellor & under treasurer of the exchequer, &c. &c.
Moore, Henry, Sir, 1713-1769
Simpson, James, surveyor
Fournier, Daniel, 1710-1766
Map of the island of Jamaica / laid down from the papers and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr.; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that island, in the years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 61; & from a great number of actual surveys performed by the publishers i. London : D. Fournier, 1763. 1 map on 4 sheets : colour ; 97 x 125 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G4960 C73 1763 - Map
Hand coloredition Relief shown pictorially. D. Fournier inv. & del. Inscribed To the Right Honorable George, Earl of Hallifax, one of His Majesty's principal secretary's of state, &c. &c.
Moore, Henry, Sir, 1713-1769
Simpson, James, surveyor
Fournier, Daniel, 1710-1766
Maps : a historical survey of their study and collecting Illustrated ed. Chicago : Published for the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, the Newberry Library by the University of Chicago Press, 1975. xv, 138 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - GA197.3 S62
Maps, Early — Collectors and collecting
Cartography — History.
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Narrative and critical history of America / edited by Justin Winsor. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1884-1889. 8 v. : illustrations, portraits, maps, facsims. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F30 W73
Most of the articles are followed by a critical essay on the sources of information, and notes in addition to the foot-notes.
Cartography — America
America — History
America — Bibliography
America — Maps, Early
America — Description and travel
America — Antiquities
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North America at the time of the revolution a collection of eighteenth century maps, part II Lympne Caste, Kent : Harry Margary, 1974. 1 atlas (3 v.) : illustrations, 19 maps ; 59 x 77 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v.2 - Map
North America at the time of the revolution a collection of eighteenth century maps, part III Lympne Castle, Kent : Harry Margary, 1975. 9 maps on 20 sheets + 4 introductory sheets ; size
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v. 3 - Map
Plan de la baye de Chibouctou nommée par les Anglois Halifax, 1763 Paris : 1764. 1 map ; 22 x 35 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3424 H2 B45 1763 - Map
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Tome I, no. 28. From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Inset with index: Plan de la ville d'Halifax [ca. 1:10,000]
Harbors — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Maps — Early works to 1800
Halifax (N.S.) — Maps — Early works to 1800
France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine
Plan du port de Chibouctou à la côte de l'Acadie avec les côtes voisines / Par ordre de M. de Sartine, conseiller d'Etat, ministre et secrétaire d'Etat au Départment de la marine; gravée par Petit. Paris, 1779. 1 map 40 x 58 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3422 H2 P55 1779 - Map
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No. 1. C. located above upper right corner of border. From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80.
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801
Chabert de Cogolin, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805
Petit, Sculp.
Harbors — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Maps — Early works to 1800.
United States. Naval History Division
The American Revolution, 1775-1783 : an atlas of 18th century maps and charts : theatres of operations Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972. vii, 85 pages ; and portfolio (20 maps) ; 29 cm. ; 59
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S E271 U58 - Oversize
Early maps — Facsimiles
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Maps.
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Vorstellung einiger Gegenden und Plaetze in Nord-America unter Franzoesisch und Englische Jurisdiction gehoerig / zu finden bey den Homaennischen Erben. Nürnberg, 1756. 3 col. maps on sheet 53 x 62 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3404 .A1 H66 1756 - Map
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. From the authors' Städt-Atlas. 1762.
Cities and towns — Canada — Maps — Early works to 1800
Louisbourg (N.S.) — Maps — Early works to 1800
Québec (Québec) — Maps — Early works to 1800
Halifax (N.S.) — Maps — Early works to 1800.
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