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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." "Published according to Act of Parliament, 10th May 1775, by Thomas Jefferys…
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…
A map of America, between latitudes 40 and 70 north, and longitudes 45 and 180 west: exhibiting Mackenzie's track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan ... to the North Sea in 1789 & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793
Printed map. "Published 15 Oct. 1801". Accompanies: Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793, London: T. Cadell [and others], 1801. …
A map of Mackenzie's track from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean in 1793
Printed map. "Published 15 Oct. 1801". Covers Columbia River Region. Shows location of various bands of Indians. Accompanies: Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific…
A map of Mackenzie's track, from Fort Chipewyan to the North Sea, in 1789
Printed map. "Published 15 Oct. 1801". Shows Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River Region. Shows location of various bands of Indians. Accompanies: Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to…
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…
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…
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 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, at the request of His Excellency Major General John G. Simcoe, First Lieutenant Governor, by David William Smyth Esqr. Surveyor General." Originally published "April 12th. 1800"; "second edition 1813." This map and several…
A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
Printed map. Cartographer uncertain, likely Captain Peter Pond. In upper right margin, "Gent. Mag. March 1790. Pl. I. p. 197." Prime meridian: London. Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.