“A chart of the coast of America from New found Land to Cape Cod”

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“Sesembre” or Sambro, which is at the mouth of Halifax Harbor. I’m not sure if “Baye Senne” then is meant to represent it or another subsequent indentation in a coast that is nothing but indentations and harbors, but it does serve as a reference point that’s noted on other maps, much like the Bay of Many Islands (Toutes Isles).

“New Scot Land” and “Accadia”

“A chart of the coast of America from New found Land to Cape Cod”, Seller, John. London. 1675. https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:3f462s922

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