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Title: Eldridge's chart from Cape Cod to Belle Isle : including the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St. Lawrence and banks of Newfoundland, with plans on a large scale of the coast of Nova Scotia from Cape Canso to Pictou, the coast of Cape Breton from Scatari to Sydney, and the harbors of St. Johns N.F. St. John, N.B., Halifax, Miramichi, & Cape Canso

Dates

• Issued: 1876
• Coverage: 1876
• Coverage: 1876 to 1876

Publishers

• Published by E.W. Carpenter, Geo. Eldridge, Hydrographer (Boston, Mass)

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings and isolines.; Insets: Canso Harbor, Halifax Harbor, Miramachi Bay and River, from Cape Canso to Pictou, harbor of St. John, New Brunswick, from Scatari Island to Sydney Harbor. Red dots signify fixed lights and lighthouses.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by E.W. Carpenter in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts."; Oriented with north to upper left corner.; Label on map verso: "Eldridge's Chart, No. 3. Cape Cod to Bell Isle."; "Sold by S. Thaxter & Son, 125 State St. Boston."; Bookseller's advertisement pasted on map verso.

96 x 157 centimeters, on sheet 101 x 162 centimeters

Scale not given

General Map Collection

Subjects

• Nautical Charts
• 2022-creator-sprint
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.000,-45.000,52.000,40.000)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

• Access rights: Public
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Citation

Eldridge, George, 1821-1879. Eldridge's chart from Cape Cod to Belle Isle : including the Bay of Fundy, Gulf of St. Lawrence and banks of Newfoundland, with plans on a large scale of the coast of Nova Scotia from Cape Canso to Pictou, the coast of Cape Breton from Scatari to Sydney, and the harbors of St. Johns N.F. St. John, N.B., Halifax, Miramichi, & Cape Canso. Published by E.W. Carpenter, Geo. Eldridge, Hydrographer (Boston, Mass). https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:1132

Format

JPEG

Languages

• eng