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Title	Island of St. Peters
Subject	Nautical charts--Saint Pierre and Miquelon--Early works to 1800
Description	Scale [ca. 1:12 000]\|c(W 56°15'--W 56°09'/N 46°49'--N 46°45'). Hand coloured. Compass rose with rhumb lines. North oriented to bottom of page. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows underwater rocks. Bar scale in miles. The map page and verso include the following texts, under the running title A description of Newfoundland: A description of the sea-coasts of Newfoundland, from Cape Race to Placentia -- Some directions which ought to be taken notice of by those who sail to Newfoundland -- A description of the Island of St. Peters / Capt. Wm. Taverner. Includes a coastal view of Cape Mutton and an illustration of two Great Auks.
Place of Publication	[London]
Publisher	[Mount and Page]
Date	[17--]
Dimensions of Original	30.1 x 24.2 cm.
Location Depicted	Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Time Period	18th Century
Language	Eng
Local Call Number	G 3651 P5 1721 I87 c.1 MAP
Type	Still Image
Resource Type	Map
Format	Image/jpeg
Record No	CNS-M0175
Relation	From: The English pilot : the fourth book, p. 17-18.
Citation	References: Phillips and LeGear 1157, 1158, 1160, 1163, 1164, 1168, 1171, 10314, 10315, 10318. This map appeared in editions noted in Phillips and LeGear that were published between 1721 and 1784.
Source	Print map held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Maps
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
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