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'A View of Cape Stephens in Cook's Straits with Waterspout'. Hodges' paintings of the Pacific are vivid records of British exploration. He was appointed by the Admiralty to record the places discovered on Cook's second voyage, und
1776
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'[A] view of Maitavie Bay, [in the island of] Otaheite [Tahiti]'. Hodges' paintings of the Pacific are vivid records of British exploration. He was appointed by the Admiralty to record the places discovered on Cook's second voyage, und
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. Calendar for the single year of 1776. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze. On one side of the calendar is a table with the months in three letter abbreviations and a table with the numbers for the number of days. Around the edge of the table are
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. deck Initialled by Israel Pownell [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1775-1779]. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 235, states that 'Brune' was fitted at Chatham Dockyard between 9 December 1775 and 17 March 1776.
Circa December 1775 to March 1776
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. frame
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines Note [to be deleted when catalogued] The plan relates to all the class, as it is dated in three batches that nearly match the three rough groupings of ordering.
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. lines & profile Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 408, states that 'Pegasus' was begun in May 1775, and launched in December 1776 with fitting out completed by the end of January 1777. She sailed from Chatham in March 1777.
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 415, states that 'Nightingale' was surveyed on 15 July 1759 at Woolwich. She was fitted at Woolwich Dockyard to receive Impressed Men between 20 September and 2 October 1770. Volume 5, fol
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. platform Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 408, states that 'Pegasus' was begun in May 1775, and launched in December 1776 with fitting out completed by the end of January 1777. She sailed from chatham in March 1777.
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. Upper deck plan Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 408, states that 'Pegasus' was begun in May 1775, and launched in December 1776 with fitting out completed by the end of January 1777. She sailed from chatham in March 1777.
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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A chart of Delaware Bay and River, containing a full and exact description of the shores, creeks, harbours, soundings, shoals, sands and bearings of the most considerable land marks, from the Capes to Philadelphia. Taken from the original chart published
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. There are nine variants of this chart in the collecti
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
1776
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A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cart
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key
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A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island. There are five variants of this plan in the collection.
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A view of Boston taken on the road to Dorchester [by William Pierrie]. Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Massachusetts. There is one example of this view in the collection. Imprint May 30th 1776.
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Adamant (1780); Assistance (1781); Europa (1783); Bristol (1775); Portland (1770); Renown (1774). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Adamant (1780) to be built by contract, and
19 November 1776
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. There are six variants of this chart in the collection.
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Annapolis Royal [and] St. Mary's Bay. Two sheets joined. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 11 degrees 15' W. Bar scales, in statute and nautical miles, and tidal symbols are included in 21B and later variant
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Camilla (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Camilla (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop as built at Chatham Dockyard.
April 1776
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Camilla (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and fore & aft platforms for Camilla (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate as built at Chatham Dockyard.
April 1776
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Camilla (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Camilla (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate as built at Chatham Dockyard.
April 1776
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Carleton (1776). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Carleton (1776), an Brig rebuilt at St. Johns on Lake Champlain, Canada and launched as a 12-gun schooner. Signed by Jonathan Coleman [Master Sh
Circa 1776
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Charlotte Bay. There are seven variants of this chart in the collection.
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charlotte Bay. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 103 degrees 30'. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: St Margaret's B
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. The quarter galleries suggest she was originally designed with two
27 December 1776
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Chart of discoveries made in the South Pacific Ocean in his majesty's ship Resolution under the command of Captain Cook. 1774.. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:2 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated, Greenwich meridian. North at 90 degrees. Additi
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 14 degrees 59' W. Bar scale in statute miles from 62B onwards. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing di
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Conway Harbour [and] Port Aylesbury. There are seven variants of this chart in the collection.
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Daphne (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Daphne (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop, as built at Woolwich Dockyard. She was la
March -May 1776
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Diadem (1782); Polyphemus (1782); Sampson (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Polyphemus (1782), and later for Diadem (1782) and Sampson (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
30 May 1776
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Druid (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Druid (purchased 1776), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as taken off at Deptford. The plan includes the proposal to fit her for 
2 October 1776
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Druid (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Druid (purchased 1776), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as taken off and proposed to be fitted for 'Foreign Service' (Caribbean).
2 October 1776
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Druid (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Druid (purchased 1776), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as taken off, and proposed to be fitted for 'Foreign Service' (Caribbean).
2 October 1776
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Duke (1776); Warship; Second rate; 90-guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary block design model of the ‘Duke’ (1776), a 90-gun, three-decker ship of the line. The number ‘15’ is on the port broadside and the name ‘Duke’ is o
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Elephant (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after platform for Elephant (1776), a purchased merchantman, proposed for conversion to a 10-gun Storeship at Deptford Dockyard.
22 July 1776
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Elephant (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Elephant (1776), a purchased merchantman, as taken off at Deptford Dockyard, and with proposed alterations for fitting her a
22 July 1776
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Elephant (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Elephant (1776), a purchased merchantman, as taken off at Deptford Dockyard, and with proposed alterations for fitting her as a 10-gun Storeship.
22 July 1776
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Elephant (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Elephant (1776), a purchased merchantman, as taken off at Deptford Dockyard, and with proposed alterations for fitting her as a 10-gun Storeship.
22 July 1776
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Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cy
circa. 1771-1778
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Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cy
circa. 1771-1778
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Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cy
circa. 1771-1776
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Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cy
circa. 1771-1778
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Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cy
circa. 1771-1778
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Halifax Harbour. There are eleven variants of this chart in the collection.
1776
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
1776
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
1776
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Halifax Harbour. Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing
1779
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