| Publisher | Rocque, John, -1762 |
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| Dedicatee | Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771 |
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| Date | 1750 |
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| Scale | Scale [ca. 1:27:400] |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | Boston Athenaeum |
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| Collection (local) | Cartographic Collection |
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| 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
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| Places | - Bedford Bay
- Canada
- Halifax
- Halifax Harbour
- North and Central America
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| Extent | 1 map : col. 56 x 44 cm., sheet 69 x 52 cm. |
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| 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).
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| 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.
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