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Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771.
Title: A new chart of the river St. Laurence [cartographic material] : from the island of Anticosti to the Falls of Richelieu : with all the islands, rocks, shoals, and soundings, also particular directions for navigating the river with safety ; taken by the order of Charles Saunders, Esqr. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships in the expedition against Quebec in 1759 / engraved by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:150,000].
Publisher: [London] : Published by Command of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1760.
Date: 1775
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map on 12 sheets ; 235.0 x 84.1 cm., sheets 56.5 x 44.4 cm.
Notes: Map of the St. Lawrence River in Canada showing settlements, ship channels, and anchorages. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms.

"This chart was drawn from particular surveys of the following places; and published for the use of the British navigators, by command of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Charles Saunders, Pall Mall, May 1st., 1760."; [The original version of this map by James Cook was published in 1760].

Includes text and 17 coastal views.

Insets: [River St. Laurence from Quebec to Isle of Orleans] -- [River St. Laurence from ] -- [Mingan Island] -- [Mingan Harbor] -- 1[Gaspee Bay] -- [River St. Laurence from English Bank to Green Island].

British Museum catalogue of printed maps, charts and plans, v. 8, p. 110.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm441
Subjects: Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence River -- Early works to 1800.
Saint Lawrence River -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Saint Lawrence River -- 1760 -- Maps.
Call Number: MAP RM 441. Tile a2.
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm441-a2