| Former owner | Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 |
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| Former owner | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |
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| Date | [1765] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:253,440 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Cape Breton Island (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- Cape Breton Island
- North and Central America
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 45 x 29 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 | - Date from previous British Library cataloguing and stylistic observations.
- Shows title at lower left.
- Shows "A Scale of English Statute Miles" at lower right.
- Includes a note at lower right "Note. The Red Line is Drawn at the distance of two Miles parallel to the Sea Coast".
- shows a decorative compass rose at upper right including north and magnetic north. The compass rose includes an arrow with a feathered fletch.
- Shows English and French nomenclature or toponyms.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,701.8. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "8" in pencil at upper right, "A84" at lower left and "A 27/6" at lower right. Laid on linen. Green circular sticker to verso with "6". Additional white label to verso showing "DRAWER 27 SECTION 5". Additional blue label to verso showing "a 27/6".
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