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Title Graues a bas bort de lentrée du Port de Lacadie auec les profils sur les lignes AQ, BQ et letat au quelles on propose de les mettre ; Plan de...

Date 1708

Place Annapolis Basin (N.S.), Annapolis Royal Region (N.S.), Nova Scotia--Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia--Annapolis Royal Region

Language French

Subjects Fortification, Manuscript maps

Description Both maps oriented with north at bottom.
Relief shown with hachures and shading.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, grey, brown, yellow); mounted on cloth.
Sheet 89 of 115 (i.e. 117; includes sheets 71A and 106A) numbered leaves in the Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, detailing French colonial interests worldwide, ca. 1640-ca. 1726. Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Shows proposed fortifications at the entrance to Port Royal (later renamed Annapolis Royal), on the northern coast of Annapolis Basin (Nova Scotia), roughly bounded by the twentieth century sites of Port Wade and Black Point; includes 2 inset profiles of the proposed works and references A-E, G, H, LL, and DE. The second map, drawn at a smaller scale, details the entrance of Annapolis Basin; includes references A, B, D, and O. Both maps apparently made in response to English naval raid of 1707.

Extent 2 ms. maps : hand col. ; each 477 x 319 mm, on sheet 562 x 745 mm

Format Manuscript maps, Maps--Early works to 1800, Nautical charts

Archival Collection Title Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 89

BibID 991765338805867

Size 6081px × 4330px 75.35 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991765338805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_89.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KMFD

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