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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…
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…
Plan of York Harbour
Printed map. "By Josh. Bouchette." "J. Walker Sculpt." "Augst. 12th 1815." Visual scale, [60 mm=100 chains]. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 2013(4), p. 414: "In Joseph Bouchette, Topographical Description of the…
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.
A sketch of the Battle at Christlers Farm, Williamsburg, Upper Canada, 11th. Novr. 1813
Printed map. In lower right margin, "JWalker Sculpt". Visual scale [2 inches=3/4 mile]. Includes "References" indicating corps of detachments, 49th Regiment, 89th Regiment, Christlers Farm, American infantry, American cavalry, American gun boats,…
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 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. …