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Map of the Province of Canada from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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A New Chart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Submap and lat-long table. Published separately per Kershaw. Cartouche with walruses. Submap: Mingan and Esquimaux Islands Enlarged. Views: Gaspe Peninsula; Capes of Nova Scotia. Table of latitude and longitude for towns and points.. "Compiled from the Original Drawings of Actual Surveys; preserving the Natural Configuration of the Several Coasts & Headlands; The whole Adjusted by Astronomical Observations, by Thos. Wright, Surveyor General of the Island of St. John. 1790" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsVignettes. References: Kershaw 615. Verso Text: MS notes: 786 10 1st. 2d..
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A Map of the Island of St. John In the Gulf of St. Laurence
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This map follows 105:754 in production. A list of Lots with Proprietor's names is added and the map title moved. Submap: Gulf of St. Laurence. Table: the Contents of the Respective Divisions of the Island of St. John. A list of Lots and Proprietor's Names.. "divided into Counties & Parishes and the Lots as granted by Government to which are added the Soundings round the Coast and Harbours Improved from the late Survey of Captain Holland. Published as the Act directs April 6, 1775." Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis WF. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 755.
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A Map of the Located Districts in the Province of Upper Canada, Describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c., with the adjacent Frontiers, Compiled and Corrected from the Latest Surveys in the Surveyor General's Office
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Kashnor notes, "A very fine large scale map,fully detailed, giving the most accurate view of Upper Canada 113 years ago. Shows all the counties west of Lake St. Clair, locating Sandwich and Amherstburg; also York, Queenston, Forts Chippewan and Erie. Buffalo is called New Amsterdam." "by William Chewitt, Senior Surveyor & Draughtsman, Under the Direction of Francis Gore Esq., Lieutenant Governor &c. &c. To whom this map is most respectfully inscribed, By William Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Charing Cross January 1st. 1813." "Cooper Sculp." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 684 T5 Faden Map of Upper Canada 1813.
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Map of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada with the Adjacent Parts of the United States of America &c. Compiled from the latest Surveys and Adjusted from the most recent and Approved Astronomical Observations by Joseph Bouchette
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Kashnor notes, " Dedicated to the Prince Regent by J. Bouchette, who was Surveyor General of the Province of Lower Canada." Elaborate cartouche with ships and Indians. Three engraved views by Bouchette: Grand Portage on Lake Superior; Cape Anguille and Cape Ray on entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Bird Islands.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Edmeads & Co. 1811. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettes. Verso Text: MS notes: 105 306 2 sheets.
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Map of the states of California and Nevada : carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources / California by Julius H. Von Schmidt, Arthur W. Keddie, and C.D. Gibbes, C.E.'s ; Nevada by Chas. Drayton Gibbes, C.E
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"Comprising information obtained from the U.S. Coast and Land Surveys; State Geological Surveys, by Prof. J.D. Whitney; Railroad Surveys and the results of explorations made by Brevet Lieut. Col. R.S. Williamson, U.S.A., Henry DeGroot, C.D. Gibbes, and others." A large map in two sheets, the mainly California sheet having been removed from a cloth cover still attached to the Nevada sheet, which also shows most of Southern California. Vignette: Capitol - California. Submap: Elevation above the sea of some of the principal mountains in California and Nevada from the State Geological and other surveys, by C. D. Gibbes, C.E. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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A Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships &c., with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the grants of land and settlements on both sides of the frontier." This is a duplicate of 093:346M except that copy is mounted on linen. "Compiled from the Original Documents in the Surveyor General's Office." Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 687 49.
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