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- Collection: McMaster University Library's Historical Maps of Canada
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A map of the province of Upper Canada, describing all the new settlements, townships, &c.: with the countries adjacent, from Quebec to Lake Huron
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:…
A general chart of the Island of Newfoundland with the rocks & soundings
Printed map. "Drawn from surveys taken by order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by James Cook and Michael Lane, surveyors and others." "Published according to Act of Parliament, 10th May 1775, by Thomas Jefferys…
British America
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;…
British North America
Printed map. Cartographer unknown. Visual scale, "English Miles 69 to a Degree." Map of Canada including Russian Territory (Alaska), Greenland, Iceland and part of the United States. Show locations of aboriginal peoples and includes view with…
Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara
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…
A general chart of the Island of Newfoundland with the rocks & soundings
Printed map. "Drawn from surveys taken by order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by James Cook and Michael Lane Surveyors and others." "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 10th. May 1775, by Thomas Jefferys…
British North America
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…
A map of the discoveries made by Capts. Cook & Clerke, in the years 1778 & 1779: between the eastern coast of Asia and the western coast of North America, when they attempted to navigate the North Sea....
Printed map. At head of title, "Engraved for Hervey's New System of Geography." Title statement includes, "Also Mr. Hearn's discoveries to the north westward of Hudsons Bay." In lower right margin, "W. Palmer Sculp". "Published Jan. 1st 1785 for…
Sketch of Nootka Sound: A. ship cove {Lat. 49°.36'.N. Long. 233.18.E. Var.17°.49'.E.
Printed map. "The Writing Engraved by Mw. Smith." Visual scale [50 mm=5 "nautic miles"]. In upper right margin, "37". This map appears in James Cook's A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... (London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T.…
Canada and Nova Scotia
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…