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A NEW MAP of NOVA SCOTIA, and CAPE BRITAIN with the adjacent parts of NEW ENGLAND and CANADA Composed from a great number of actual Surveys; and other materials REGULATED by many new Astronomical Observations of the Longitude as well as Latitude; with an Explanation
No full textIn addition to being published on its own, this map appeared in a number of different publications. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Thomas Jefferys as "cartographer, and publisher; produced some of the most important eighteenth-century maps of the Americas; appointed Geographer to George III in December 1760".Two different grids for longitude are indicates, the south grid is for the Ferro Meridian and the north grid is Greenwich. Two scale bars:
"English Marine Leagues 20 to a Degree" and "English Miles 69 ½ to a Degree"
AIX LA CHAPELLE
No full textDetailed plan of the Aix includes vegetation in garden plots, foliage between hedgerows, moats, and fortress walls, churches, gates, and hospital. Key to numbers on map is located within the text of the volume. Of note: a white marble church built by Charlemagne is indicated. The Treaty of Aix La Chalelle ended the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748 where Great Britain and France dictated the terms. The city is now called "Aachen" located in Luxembourg.Map of AIX LA CHAPELLE, or in English Aachen, the most western town in Germany. The prime meridian is unknown due to lack of information and graticule
