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- Collection: McMaster University Library's Historical Maps of Canada
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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…
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…
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…
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;…
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…
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:…
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." "Engraved by J. & C. Walker". Visual scale, "English Miles 69.3=1 Degree". In…
A map of the Island of St. John in the Gulf of St. Laurence divided into counties & parishes: and the lots, as granted by the government, to which are added the soundings round the coast & harbours
Printed map. "Improv'd from the late Survey of Captain Holland. Published as the Act direct April 6, 1775." Visual scale [30 mm=5 miles]. Includes inset, [Location map, Gulf of St. Laurence]. Includes 2 tables: "The Contents of the Respective…
Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: et des decouvertes qui y ont été faites
Printed map. "Dressée sur plusieurs observations et sur un grand nombre de relations imprimées ou manuscrites par Guillaume Del'Isle, geographe de l'Academie royale des sciences, a
Amsterdam chez Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier geographes avec…
Amsterdam chez Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier geographes avec…
Carte nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise: contenant la Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Pensylvania Nouvelle Iorck, N:Iarsey N: France, et les terres nouvellement....
Printed map. "Par le Sieur S". Cartographer uncertain, probably Nicolas Sanson. Visual scales. Title in upper right corner, "Partie orientale de l Amerique Angloise". Includes inset: [Boston Harbor area]. Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton,…