Full title: A draught of the harbour of Hallifax and the adjacent coast in Nova Scotia [cartographic material] : survey'd by order of Commodore Spry / by James Cook, when master of His Majesty's ship the Mars ; Emanl. Bowen sculpt.

Author/creator: Bowen, Emanuel, -1767, Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806, Spry, Richard, 1715-1775, Cook, James.

Date: Decemr. 1766..

Call Numbers: Cb 76/15

Record Identifier: 74VM4EgJP8DA

Language: English

Formats: Maps

Contents: , 1 map : col. ; 51.3 x 57.9 cm.

Publishers: [London] : Published by the author according to Act of Parliament, Decemr. 1766.

Notes: "Humbly dedicated to Henry Ellis esqr. F.R.S. late governor of Nova Scotia." Nautical map of Halifax harbor and coast of Nova Scotia. Depth shown by bathymetric soundings. Prime meridian: London. Research by Black has found three James Cooks employed by the Royal Navy in the early 1760s. (Black, Jeanette D. Two many Cooks, in The Map Collector, 1986, no. 34, pp. 10-15) The cartographer of this map should not be confused with his more famous namesake, the explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779), who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770.

Citation / references note: Kershaw, Kenneth. Early printed maps of Canada, vol. 3, no. 827.

Additional physical form availability note: Online at the State Library of NSW. Online images available via the National Library of Australia at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm430.

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DDC: Z/Cb 76/ 15

MMS ID: 991001463459702626