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Survey of the Coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina, taken the 29th. of June 1756. This Draught is Most Humbly Presented to His Excellency Arthur Dobbs, Esqr. His Majesties Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in & over the Province of North Carolina, & Vice Admiral of the Same, By His Excellencys Most Obedient & Most Devoted Humble Servant Arthur Mackay

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Kashnor notes, "The map is dedicated to Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina, and the great advocate of the Discovery of the North-West Passage.[And adversary of the Hudson's Bay Company.] It is a very rare chart." Kashnor dates as ca. 1756. Text on entering and using harbor. MS note: 377. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis, LVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 377.
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ca. 1756
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093:377 S
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