The Entrance to St. John's Harbour
From the logbook of H.M.S. Pegasus, 1786. The Pegasus was
commanded by Prince William Henry, later William IV, on his first voyage as
Captain in 1786-1787. The drawing is by J.S. Meres, who served as schoolmaster on
the Pegasus. It suggests a strategic British naval presence in Newfoundland.
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada (NAC/C 2539).
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