Depths shown by soundings, contours and shading.
Hand-colored.
"Publish'd by authority of John Rocque at Charing Cross, 1750"--Lower margin of map.
Dedication in cartouche: "To the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner of trade & plantations &c. &c. This chart of Chibucto Harbour, on the coast of Accadia, or Nova Scotia, with the plan of the town of Halifax; is most humbly inscrib'd by his Lordship's most obedient servant, John Rocque." View of buildings and a mill, presumably the new town of Halifax.
Inset at lower left: Plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia.
Engraved map.
In French and English.