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- Collection: McMaster University Library's Historical Maps of Canada
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A plan of the city of Quebec the capital of Canada
Printed map. "Published according to act of Parliament Janry. 15 1760 by Thos. Jefferys at Charing Cross." The north arrow is oriented to the upper right. Visual scale in British yards. Shows the "St. Laurence or the Great River called by the…
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio
Printed map. Probably originally published in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. "Americae" sheet was number 5 in the 1579 edition and later according to Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, entry Ort 15A, p. 44-45, but exact edition is uncertain. …
La Nvova Francia
Printed map. Third edition. Published originally in Ramusio's Navigationi et Viaggi, vol. 3, 1606. Described in Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada 1540-1703, vol. 1, entry 15b, p. 18: "The final edition of the Viaggi appeared in 1606, and the…
La terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia
Printed map. Third edition. Published originally in Ramusio's Navigationi et Viaggi, vol. 3, 1606. Described in Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada 1540-1703, vol. 1, entry 17b, p. 18: "In this final [third] edition the page numbers change to…
Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c.
Printed map. "Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville geographe ordinaire du Roy." "I. Somer, sculpsit". Donated by Dr. John Morse, Hamilton, September 1997.
Le Canada faict par le Sr de Champlain: ou sont la Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle Holande, la Nouvelle Svede, la Virginie & c. ....
Printed map. "Suiuant les memoires de P. Du Val, géographe du Roy". Visual scale. Second state. Described in Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada, Vol. 1, p. 74. Includes "Explication des lettres et chifres de la carte". Donated by Dr. John…
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,…
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…
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…
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…