Description:

REPRODUCTION 

Carte Reduite de l'Acadie ou Nouvelle Ecosse

Mapmaker / Publisher: Dressee au Depot General des Cartes by order of M. de Sartine

Date: 1779

Size: 39" x 27"

A large and detailed chart of Nova Scotia, with the southern parts of Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. Unusually for a sea chart the interior is hatchured to show relief. The map was published at the height of the American War of Independence.