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McMaster University Collection

Catching wild Cattle with the Lasso

A wild Forest in South America

Stories of Travels in South America

Printed map. Source unknown. Possibly part of one of Sebastian de Pontault Beaulieu’s publications. Visual scale, "Eschelle de .100. toise". The title is on a banner. The city is viewed from a distance and shows buildings and fortifications with…

Manuscript map. Cartographer uncertain as signature is difficult to transcribe with certainty: "By Lieut: James [Holl, Hobb or Holls]". Sheet includes one map showing a section of the St. Lawrence from the Isle of Orleans east to Coudre Island, and…

In 1833 Captain George Back of the Royal Navy, and surgeon-naturalist Richard King, sought a land route across the Arctic Barren Lands in an attempt to determine the fate of the missing 1829 John Ross expedition and to pursue the survey of the Arctic…

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.…

Printed map. Source unknown. Possibly part of one of Sebastian de Pontault Beaulieu’s publications. The title is on a banner. The city is viewed from a distance and shows buildings and fortifications with grazing land in the foreground. The plan…

Manuscript map. Cartographer unknown. Scale not given. Map shows fortifications, rivers, roads, buildings, position of the army units, and elevation. Luxembourg was occupied by François, chevalier de Créquy in 1684 (Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th…