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Archibald Beaton fonds

  • NSSXA MG 12.31
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1898

Fonds consists of correspondence of Archibald Beaton, Donald MacDonald and Rev. Ronald Beaton in Rome. Letters deal with the opening of the coal mines at Broad Cove in the late 1890s, a description of Rome, and the ordering of a set of bagpipes as a gift. Interspersed there is also bagpipe music, written by Archibald Beaton.

Beaton, Archibald

Terra Nova

  • NSSXA MAP 501
  • Item
  • 1600

Item is an early map of Eastern Canada. Bertius derived this map from Petrus Plancius' map of North America (1594), which documented Newfoundland as a single island for the first time.

Bertius, Pertrus

Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes

  • NSSXA MAP 686
  • Item
  • 1633

Item is the first printed map to include an accurate depiction of Prince Edward Island, and the earliest depiction of a north-south orientated Lake Champlain.

Laet, Johannes de

Isola di Capo Breton

  • NSSXA MAP 691
  • Item
  • 1690

Item is a page from Coronelli's atlas, "Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento" featuring an engraving of 17th century Cape Breton Island.

Coronelli, Vincenzo

Carte de L'Isle Royale 1744

  • NSSXA MAP 711
  • Item
  • 1744

Item is a hand-coloured map of Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island). Place names are in French as well as scale (Eschelles) and coordinate information.

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Gibbons Family fonds

  • NSSXA MG 12.47
  • Fonds
  • 1753-1943

Fonds consists of the papers of Richard Gibbons Sr., which includes letters, legal documents, and a diary. Fonds also contains papers of Richard Gibbons Jr., which includes correspondence, an almanac and birth registers and papers of Richard Gibbons III, which include certificates and appointments, correspondence and a deed. Records of Napoleon and his son Philip Gibbons are included and consist of correspondence, legal records and photographs. Also included is a watercolour of Jersey Island and a map of the north side of Cow Bay.

Gibbons family

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