Carte de la rivire du Cannada, la Terre Nevf, Cape Britton et la cotte de Lacadie
Nautical chart detailing the coasts, rivers, and towns of the Canadian region bounded by Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the Saint Lawrence River valley to the city of Québec, and the Atlantic coast south to Cape Cod.
Metadata
Creator
Olivier, Abel, 1683?-1768
Date
1747
Name on Item
fait par votre tres humble obéissant serviteur Ábél, Squire [?], anno 1747.
Scale
Scale [ca. 1:2,050,000]
Language
French
Location
Newberry Library
Collection (local)
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Subjects
Nautical charts--Canada--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--New France--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
Coasts--New France--Maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
New France--Maps--Early works to 1800
St. John's (N.L.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
North and Central America
Saint John's
Extent
1 ms. map : hand col. ; on sheet 511 x 885 mm.
Terms and License
No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes
Probably compiled by Abel Olivier, an English ship captain active in French colonial shipping; cf Dict. of Canadian Biog., v. 2.
Title on verso: Carte du Golfe et Fleuve St. Laurens / M. Abel.
Inset in oval border 195 x 210 mm.: Havre St. Jean. Identifies several landowners.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, red, yellow); sectioned and mounted on cloth.