Description: A facsimile from a map by Samuel Champlain (1613) of the Port Royal basin (Annapolis Royal), Nova Scotia. The map is keyed to show (A) our habitation, (B) Champlain's garden, (C) road made by Poutrincourt, (D) island, (E) entrance, (F) shoals, dry at low water, (G) St. Antoine River, (H) Wheat–field (Annapolis), (I) Poutrincourt's mill, (L) meadows under water at highest tides, (M) Equille River, (N) coast (Bay of Fundy), (O) mountains, (P) island, (Q) rocky brook, (R) brook, (S) Mill River, (T) Lake, (V) herring–fishing by the natives, (X) trout–brook, and (Y) passage made by Champlain.
Place Names: Canada, Port Roya
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters
Keywords: Port Royal (after Champlain), borders, physical, kEarlyMapsFacsimile, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 1603–1639
Source: Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of America (vol. 4) (Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1884) 141
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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