Vinland voyage New York : Funk $ Wagnalls. 278 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G530 A54 V78
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Lone Voyager Boston : Little, Brown and co. 272 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G530 .G18 .L84
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Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia Windsor : Lancelot Press. 2 v.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G525 Z77
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Sagas of the land and sea / by Roland H. Sherwood ; ill. by James DeCoste and the author. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1980. 100 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G525 S554
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At the harbour mouth / Archibald MacMechan ; edited by John Bell. Porters Lake : Pottersfield Press, 1988. 140 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G525 M32 1988
Sea stories, Canadian — Nova Scotia
Shipwrecks — Nova Scotia
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia.
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Disasters at sea : an anthology of Nova Scotia shipwreck stories / co-authored by Susie Sweeney and Gail Anne McNeil ; with contributing writers, Greg Cochkanoff, Joan Vickery and Margaret Eisnor ; editor, Gail Anne McNeil ; foreword by Eric J. Ruff. Halifax- Nova Scotia : T. Cranston, 1986. 128 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G525 D611
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Walking Nova Scotia : the doer's and dreamer's complete guide to Canada's walking province / by Bradford W. Ketchum, Jr.. Boston : Walking Magazine, 1993. 128 pages : col. illustrations, maps (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G504 N935 W177
Includes index. Published in cooperation with the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture and the Nova Scotia Adventure Tourism Association.
Nova Scotia Adventure Tourism Association
Nova Scotia. Dept. of Tourism and Culture.
Walking — Nova Scotia — Guidebooks
Nova Scotia — Description and travel
Nova Scotia — Guidebooks.
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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 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 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 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
The journals of Hon. John Eleazer Fairbanks from 1816 to 1855 Toronto- : 1998. x, 239 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G475 F35 1998
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If we are spared to each other : love and faith against the sea : the diary of Annie Rogers Butler and letters of Captain John Kendrick Butler / compiled and edited with additional material by Raymond A. Simpson. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1995. 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G463 B97 1995
Butler, John Kendrick, 1837-1876
Simpson, Raymond A.
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — Correspondence
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Ship captains' spouses — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — Correspondence.
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If we are spared to each other : love and faith against the sea : the diary of Annie Rogers Butler and letters of Captain John Kendrick Butler / compiled and edited with additional material and notes by Raymond A. Simpson. Halifax : The Author, 1989. xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G463 B97 1989
Butler, John Kendrick, 1837-1876
Simpson, Raymond A.
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — Correspondence
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Ship captains' spouses — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — Correspondence
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Canada, a geographical interpretation / prepared under the auspices of the Canadian Association of Geographers and edited by John Warkentin. Toronto : Methuen, 1968. 608 pages : illustrations, maps
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G4 C212
Canadian Association of Geographers.
Canada — Description and travel — 1951-1980.
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A general map of the routes in British North America explored by the expedition under Captain Palliser during the years 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860 18--. 1 map : col. ; 36 x 133 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3466 S12 P3 1865 - Map
Original pub. by Stanford's Geographical Est., London. To accompany The Journals, Detailed Reports and Observations presented to both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty, 19th May, 1863.
Hector, James, Sir, 1834-1907.
Topographical map of the Province of Lower Canada / is with His Royal Highness's special permission, most gratefully dedicated by a faithful & zealous Canadian subject and His Royal Highness's most obedient & devoted servant, Joseph Bouchette, His Majesty's Surveyor General of the Province & Lieutt. Colone. London : W. Faden, 1815. 1 map on 10 sheets : hand col. ; 140 x 325 cm., sh
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3450 B68 1815 - Map
Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: To His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall &c. &c. &c. and Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Insets: City of Quebec -- Town of Three Rivers -- Town of Montreal. Includes notes, 4 distance tables, 4 views, and ill. Copy 2 is incomplete, consists of 3 sheets.
Province of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunswick / comp. and drawn by Scott Barlow; assisted by N.J. Giroux from Surveys made by the Admiralty, Intercolonial Railway and Geological Surveys; geologically surveyed by Scott Barlow, W. McOuat and R.W. Ellis. Ottawa- : Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, 1886. 1 map : col ; 31 x 46 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3431 C51 B37 1886 no.4 NW - Map
Relief shown by hachures. To illustrate reports by Messr's Scott Barlow, W. McOuat and R. W. Ellis, 1872-1884. Includes brief legend and notes.
Ells, R. W
Giroux, N. J
McOuat, W.
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada.
Geology Maps — Nova Scotia
Geology Maps — New Brunswick
New Brunswick — Maps
Nova Scotia — Maps.
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
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
Sherbrooke Lake, Lunenburg and Kings Counties, Nova Scotia / geology by E.R. Faribault, P. Armstrong (1935), and J.T. Wilson (1936). Ottawa : Canada, Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and Geology Branch, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1939. 1 map : col. ; 44 x 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3422 S5C5 F3 1939 - Map
Includes two cross sections, descriptive notes and index map.
Armstrong, Peter, 1934-
Wilson, J. T.
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Geology — Maps. — Kings (N.S. : County)
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.
Chart and description of Sable Island / Joseph Darby ; engraved by C.W. Torbett. Halifax : 1824. 1 map ; 34 x 60 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3422 S2 D37 1824 - Map
Includes comments on the island's buildings, currents in the surrounding waters, and the locations and names of various shipwrecks.
Sable Island (N.S.) — Maps
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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.
France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine
Plan du bassin et de la rivière du Port Royal ou Annapolis dans l'Acadie sur la côte orientale de la Baie Françoise / extrait des manuscrits du Dépôt général des cartes, plans et journaux de la Marine, par ordre de M. de Sartine, ; Petit, Sculp. Paris : Département de la marine, 1779. 1 map : hand colored ; 38 x 57 cm. on sheet 43 x 6
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G3422 A5 F7 1779 - Map
Bathymétrie indiquée par sondages; relief montré par hachures et l'estompage. De: France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine. Neptune Americo-septentrional. Premier méridien: Paris. Orientée avec le nord en bas. Échelle en mille au 60 degré. Sceau: Dépôt de la marine.
Sartine, Antoine de, comte d'Alby, 1729-1801
Petit, époque 1775-1799.
France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine. Neptune Americo-septentrional.
Cartes nautiques — Nouvelle-Écosse — Annapolis, Bassin d' — Ouvrages avant 1800
Cartes nautiques — Nouvelle-Écosse — Annapolis, Rivière — Ouvrages avant 1800
Ports — Nouvelle-Écosse — Annapolis Royal Cartes
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