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Nova Scotia and Newfoundland / the map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin ; the illustrations by A. Fussell & engraved by J. Rogers.
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Title:Nova Scotia and Newfoundland / the map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin ; the illustrations by A. Fussell & engraved by J. Rogers.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Rapkin, John, engraver.
Rapkin, John, cartographer.
Rogers, J., engraver.
Fussell, A., illustrator.
Andrew McCormick Collection.
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Published/Created:London : New York : John Tallis and Company, 1851.
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In: allis's Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial, and Statistical. London, New York: John Tallis and Company, 1851.
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Call Number: G3410 1851 .N69
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Nova Scotia--Maps.
Newfoundland and Labrador--Maps.
Maritime Provinces--Maps.
Canada, Eastern--Maps.
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Description:Scale aproximately 1:4,300,000; (W 660--W 520/N 520--N 440).
1 map : colored ; 24 x 32 cm.
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Summary:Engraved map with hand-colored outline of Eastern Canada, focusing on the Maritimes, showing part of New Brunswick, but with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in detail. Shows railway routes from Halifax to Quebec, as well as seals of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and Newfoundland as well as two Newfoundland dogs. Decorative border incorporates fish on the line and snow covered branches.
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Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_124, see also mccormick_122.
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Notes:Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Bar scale in miles.
Possibly from: Tallis's illustrated atlas, and modern history of the world geographical political, commercial and statistical. London & New York: Tallis & Co., 1851.
Insets: drawings entitled: "Halifax, Nova Scotia" and "Cod Fishery off Newfoundland".
Lower Margin: "The Illustrations by A. Fussell & Engraved by J. Rogers.", "The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin."
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Cited in:Phillips 804, 822.