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Carte du havre de Chibucto avec le plan de la ville de Halifax sur la coste de l'Accadia ou Nova Scotia latitude 44° 31ʹ

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Publisher	Rocque, John, -1762
Dedicatee	Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Date	1750
Publisher	Publiée par hautorité par Jean Rocque, Charing Cross
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:27:400]
Language	English
Location	Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local)	Cartographic Collection
Subjects	Halifax (N.S.)--Pictorial works Halifax (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 Acadia--Maps--Early works to 1800 Bedford Bay (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 Halifax Harbour (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Bedford Bay Canada Halifax Halifax Harbour North and Central America Nova Scotia
Extent	1 map : col. 56 x 44 cm., sheet 69 x 52 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	Depths shown by soundings, contours and shading. Hand-colored. "Publish'd by authority of John Rocque at Charing Cross, 1750"--Lower margin of map. Dedication in cartouche: "To the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner of trade & plantations &c. &c. This chart of Chibucto Harbour, on the coast of Accadia, or Nova Scotia, with the plan of the town of Halifax; is most humbly inscrib'd by his Lordship's most obedient servant, John Rocque." View of buildings and a mill, presumably the new town of Halifax. Inset at lower left: Plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia. Engraved map. In French and English.