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English: This "A Sketch of the Island of Newfoundland: Done from the latest observations by James Cook, 1763" has no longitude scale, because Cook had no way of determining it at that stage.
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Author based on the survey by James Cook

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An early chart of Newfoundland based on the 1763 survey by James Cook

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