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Digital Image: 1750 Gentleman's Magazine Map of Halifax, Nova Scotia w/Porcupine
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Title
A Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax.
1750 (undated) 9 x 11 in (22.86 x 27.94 cm) 1 : 80300
1750 (undated) 9 x 11 in (22.86 x 27.94 cm) 1 : 80300
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Cartographer S
Moses Harris (April 15, 1730 - c. 1788) was an English entomologist, surveyor, and engraver. Harris was encouraged to study entomology by his uncle, a member of the Society of the Aurelians. He joined the society himself and in 1762 became a secretary in that organization. Harris and his wife moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, around 1749, arriving on board the Winchelsea. While there he surveyed Halifax Harbor and prepared a view of the city that was advertised in Gentleman's Magazine in December of 1749. Harris published several important works on insects, including notable butterfly engravings, as well as a treatise on color. His cartographic corpus is limited, but he is known to have been in Halifax c. 1750 and to have worked on a survey of that region. More by this mapmaker...
The Gentleman's Magazine (fl. c. 1731 - 1922) was an English periodical founded by visionary Edward Cave. Considered the world's first monthly general interest magazine, GM was also known as Trader's Monthly Intelligencer. Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry. It carried original content from a stable of regular contributors, as well as extensive quotes and extracts from other periodicals and books. Cave, who edited The Gentleman's Magazine under the pen name "Sylvanus Urban", was the first to use the term "magazine" (meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. The iconic illustration of St John's Gate on the front of each issue (occasionally updated over the years) depicted Cave's home, in effect, the magazine's "office". Among the important firsts of the The Gentleman's Magazine are the first use of the term "magazine" for a periodical and the first regular employment of lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Learn More...
Source
Gentleman's Magazine, (London: D. Henry and R. Cave) vol. 20, July 1750.
References
Jolly, D. C., Maps in British Periodicals, #GENT-70. Kershaw, Keneth A., Early Printed Maps of Canada, #813. Sellers, John R. and Van Ee, Patricia, Maps and Charts of North America, #450.