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A map of Cabotia : comprehending the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick and Nova-Scotia with Breton Island, Newfoundland & c. and including also the adjacent parts of the United States, compiled from a great variety of original documents

Title
A map of Cabotia : comprehending the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick and Nova-Scotia with Breton Island, Newfoundland & c. and including also the adjacent parts of the United States, compiled from a great variety of original documents / by John Purdy.
Author
Purdy, John, 1773-1843
Publication
London : Laurie & Whittle, 1814.

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Additional Authors
  • Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884
  • Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867
  • Laurie & Whittle, issuing body.
Description
1 map : color; 125 x 158 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA015.2.01
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings.
  • Map borders Include "longitude west of Greenwich."
  • Ancillary maps: The province of Nova-Scotia with part of New-Brunswick &c. on an enlarged scale, principally from surveys made by his majesty's offices and surveyors (approximately 1:1,000,000); [Island of Newfoundland] (approximately 1:1,500,000)
  • Insets: General sketch of the Grand Lakes & c. (approximately 1:8,000,000); Environs of Quebec; The banks of the river St. Lawrence from the isle of Orleans to lake St. Francis on an enlarged scale (approximately 1:600,000); Frontier of Niagara & c. (approximately 1:900,000); Environs of St. John's Newfoundland (approximately 1:32,500); Continuation of Hudson's River to New-York (approximately 1:500,000); Harbor of St. John, New Brunswick (approximately 1:115,000); Harbor of Halifax (approximately 1:175,000)
  • "Published 12th October, 1814, by Jas. Whittle and Richd. Holmes Laurie no.53, Fleet Street, London."
  • "Engraved by Thomson & Hall, 14 Bur Str. Bloomsby."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5037 [Copy 1 is filed with North America 1814 and copy 2 is filed with Canada 1814.]
OCLC
40664661
Author
Purdy, John, 1773-1843, cartographer.
Title
A map of Cabotia : comprehending the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick and Nova-Scotia with Breton Island, Newfoundland & c. and including also the adjacent parts of the United States, compiled from a great variety of original documents / by John Purdy.
Publisher
London : Laurie & Whittle, 1814.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:1,500,000 (W 87°--W 51°/N 51°--N 40°)
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.2, page 338, column 1, no. 6
Local Note
NYPL has 2 copies, each is divided into 4 sheets.
Source
NA015.2.01
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London
Added Author
Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884, engraver.
Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867, engraver.
Laurie & Whittle, issuing body.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5037 [Copy 1 is filed with North America 1814 and copy 2 is filed with Canada 1814.]
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