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The south west coast of the peninsula of Nova Scotia surveyed by Captain Des Barres by order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:135 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: North at 28 degrees. Variation 11 degrees 15' shown on the west sheet and 13 degrees 30' on the east sheet. No scales in any state. Lacks right border. Additional Places: Bay of Fundy.
Plate same as 26B. Printed on LVG paper. Alias place-names inserted in manuscript. Coast outlined in blue. Page number '*9' handwritten top right.
Plate same as 26B. Printed on LVG paper. Alias place-names inserted in manuscript. Coast outlined in blue. Page number '*9' handwritten top right.
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Object Details
| ID: | HNS26B* |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
| Places: | Bay of Fundy |
| Date made: | 1776 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Plate impressions 76 x 54.5cm, 76 x 54.5cm, 76 x 54.5cm and 75.5 x 55cm. |