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Canada after the War of 1812 to Confederation
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Canada after the War of 1812 to Confederation
McMaster University Library's Historical Maps of Canada
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![2 visual scales; one has "British statute miles 69 1/2 to a degree". "Engd. by W. Dassauville Edinb." Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, V1/1100 - [1821], volume 10, p. 701: "The map was published by Baldwin, Craddock and Joy in 1821 in J. Thomson's A New General Atlas and appeared as plate 54". McMaster Library's copy does not display the number "54".](/files/original/d50169b8fb1528a6efa83295335ab528.jpg "2 visual scales; one has \"British statute miles 69 1/2 to a degree\". \"Engd. by W. Dassauville Edinb.\" Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, V1/1100 - [1821], volume 10, p. 701: \"The map was published by Baldwin, Craddock and Joy in 1821 in J. Thomson's A New General Atlas and appeared as plate 54\". McMaster Library's copy does not display the number \"54\".")
![Printed map. "Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." "Hudson Bay Comps. M.S.S. Parry, Franklin, Beechey, Graab &c." "Published Decr. 1st. 1834...." "Engraved by J. & C. Walker". Visual scale [140 mm=1000 English miles]. Annotated in lower right margin, "128". Probably from same original copy as McMaster maps RMC_107338, RMC_107339 and RMC_107344. Possible source is the Society's publication, Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, published London: Chapman & Hall, 1844 (based on Winearls' description of RMC_107339 and RMC_107344 from Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.](/files/original/abc0772a3fe9b7c80fa90fbf60778d8f.jpg "Printed map. \"Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.\" \"Hudson Bay Comps. M.S.S. Parry, Franklin, Beechey, Graab &c.\" \"Published Decr. 1st. 1834....\" \"Engraved by J. & C. Walker\". Visual scale [140 mm=1000 English miles]. Annotated in lower right margin, \"128\". Probably from same original copy as McMaster maps RMC_107338, RMC_107339 and RMC_107344. Possible source is the Society's publication, Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, published London: Chapman & Hall, 1844 (based on Winearls' description of RMC_107339 and RMC_107344 from Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.")
![Printed map. "The map, drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin." "The illustrations by H. Warren & engraved by R. Wallis." Visual scale [36 mm = 500 miles]. Includes 6 illustrations with headings: Esquimaux; Fury and Hecla; Polar bears; Whale fishing; Montreal [view]; and, Seal. Red coloured dots "indicate the forts and principal stations of the Hudson's Bay Company." Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.](/files/original/8aaa1d4f598dbaf99e17705c16462b9d.jpg "Printed map. \"The map, drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin.\" \"The illustrations by H. Warren & engraved by R. Wallis.\" Visual scale [36 mm = 500 miles]. Includes 6 illustrations with headings: Esquimaux; Fury and Hecla; Polar bears; Whale fishing; Montreal [view]; and, Seal. Red coloured dots \"indicate the forts and principal stations of the Hudson's Bay Company.\" Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.")
![Printed map. "Made and drawn under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams U.S.T. Engineers, by Lts. T.F. Drayton and J.G. Reed U.S. Army." "Hor. scale 12 inches to 1 mile." Shows the site of the "Lundays Lane Battle, 25th July 1814" on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, the Indian reservation of the Tuscarora Tribe, and more.<br />
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Includes 4 insets: Mouth of Four Mile Creek with soundings adjacent, scale 12 ins. to 1 mile; Distances exhibiting the development of Lake Coast, as accurately measured upon Tanners map U. States; [Perspective view of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie]; and, Niagara River [with soundings], hor. scale 2 inches to 1 mile. <br />
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Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, H1/1210-Niagara Canal-1835, Volume 12, pp. 24-25: "Note this canal is on the American side of the river."](/files/original/469692752239c3e1ed0ebd3fd933b53c.jpg "Printed map. \"Made and drawn under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams U.S.T. Engineers, by Lts. T.F. Drayton and J.G. Reed U.S. Army.\" \"Hor. scale 12 inches to 1 mile.\" Shows the site of the \"Lundays Lane Battle, 25th July 1814\" on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, the Indian reservation of the Tuscarora Tribe, and more.<br />
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Includes 4 insets: Mouth of Four Mile Creek with soundings adjacent, scale 12 ins. to 1 mile; Distances exhibiting the development of Lake Coast, as accurately measured upon Tanners map U. States; [Perspective view of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie]; and, Niagara River [with soundings], hor. scale 2 inches to 1 mile. <br />
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Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, H1/1210-Niagara Canal-1835, Volume 12, pp. 24-25: \"Note this canal is on the American side of the river.\"")
![Printed map. "Compiled from the original documents in the Surveyor General's Office." Visual scale [67 mm=60 English miles]. This map and several other states of the same map show the progression of development in Upper Canada over time: RMC_107411 (1813), RMC_107410 (1818), RMC_107413 (1838), RMC_107415 [circa 1845], RMC_107414 [1854], and RMC_107412 [circa 1872?]. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 30 (12), p. 15-16: "...(date removed from title) Also in Wyld's A New General Atlas of Modern Geography (London [1854]), plate '59'; a legend for railways and canals has been added; twps have been added to the base of the Bruce Peninsula and in a line from Harvey to Palmerston twps in the Newcastle and Midland districts; railway shown as built from Niagara Falls to St Catharines and proposed from there to Windsor; possibly proposed railway lines from Toronto to Hamilton, Toronto to Montreal, and Guelph to Stratford also shown." Stamped "59" on upper right corner of verso. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.](/files/original/1be17bdf16eb5f8e372b8ed9f11d5b2f.jpg "Printed map. \"Compiled from the original documents in the Surveyor General's Office.\" Visual scale [67 mm=60 English miles]. This map and several other states of the same map show the progression of development in Upper Canada over time: RMC_107411 (1813), RMC_107410 (1818), RMC_107413 (1838), RMC_107415 [circa 1845], RMC_107414 [1854], and RMC_107412 [circa 1872?]. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 30 (12), p. 15-16: \"...(date removed from title) Also in Wyld's A New General Atlas of Modern Geography (London [1854]), plate '59'; a legend for railways and canals has been added; twps have been added to the base of the Bruce Peninsula and in a line from Harvey to Palmerston twps in the Newcastle and Midland districts; railway shown as built from Niagara Falls to St Catharines and proposed from there to Windsor; possibly proposed railway lines from Toronto to Hamilton, Toronto to Montreal, and Guelph to Stratford also shown.\" Stamped \"59\" on upper right corner of verso. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.")
