Catalogue description 'A Chart of Part of the Coast of Newfoundland from Cape Spear to Cape Bonavista,...

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Details of WO 78/716
Reference: WO 78/716
Description:

'A Chart of Part of the Coast of Newfoundland from Cape Spear to Cape Bonavista, surveyed by Order of Commodore Shuldham and Admiral Duff, Governors of the Island of Newfoundland, Labradore & c [now part of Canada] ...': two copies, showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to about 3.5 miles. Compass indicator and lines. Surveyed by Michael Lane, 1774-1775; second edition, revised by J Foss Dessiou; [engraved and] published (by permission of the Admiralty) by W Faden, 12 April 1809.
Date: 1774-1809
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: A 33
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Dimensions: 96.5 cm x 65 cm
Physical condition: Engraved
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 794. Reference erroneously omitted from printed volume.

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