Carte generalle de l'Isle Royalle / dressée sur les lieux en 1716 par Mr. L'Hermite, ingenieur, qui pendant les mois de Iuin, Iuillet, Aoust, et Semtembre, 1716 en a fait tout le tour et a parcouru aussy La Brador. 1716.

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Carte generalle de l'Isle Royalle / dressée sur les lieux en 1716 par Mr. L'Hermite, ingenieur, qui pendant les mois de Iuin, Iuillet, Aoust, et Semtembre, 1716 en a fait tout le tour et a parcouru aussy La Brador. 1716.

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Chart of the coasts of Cape Breton Island compiled by Jacques L'Hermite, French army engineer, staff officer, and town major of Placentia, Newfoundland. Side margins include "Description des havres, et ports, qui sont sur cette carte." The map identifies Indian missions Antigonish Bay and Baddeck with brief references to the missionary Antoine Gaulin. For biographical sketches about L'Hermite and Gaulin see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 494 x 542 mm., on sheet 560 x 822 mm.

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