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A Plan of Part of the East Coast of the Island of Cape Breton

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Former owner	Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner	Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date	[1765]
Publisher	[producer not identified]
Scale	Scale approximately 1:253,440
Language	English
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Cape Breton Island (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Canada Cape Breton Island North and Central America Nova Scotia
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 45 x 29 cm
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Date from previous British Library cataloguing and stylistic observations. Shows title at lower left. Shows "A Scale of English Statute Miles" at lower right. Includes a note at lower right "Note. The Red Line is Drawn at the distance of two Miles parallel to the Sea Coast". shows a decorative compass rose at upper right including north and magnetic north. The compass rose includes an arrow with a feathered fletch. Shows English and French nomenclature or toponyms. Copy at Add Ms 57,701.8. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "8" in pencil at upper right, "A84" at lower left and "A 27/6" at lower right. Laid on linen. Green circular sticker to verso with "6". Additional white label to verso showing "DRAWER 27 SECTION 5". Additional blue label to verso showing "a 27/6".