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R. A. Davenport, A Plan of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia 1760
R. A. Davenport, A Plan of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia 1760, 1760
Date attributed from title. Addition in ink at lower right showing "RAD 1820" suggests a subsequent owner? Compare also Add. Ms. 57.702.2 showing…
A Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax
A Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax, 1750?
The insects shown on this plan are all native to Europe. The butterfly is currently known as the White Admiral, Limenitis camilla; the Orange…
Samuel Holland, A Plan of the Island of St. John (1775)
Samuel Holland, A Plan of the Island of St. John (1775), Surveyed 1764-65. Published 1775.
Full title: Samuel Holland, A plan of the island of St. John with the divisions of the counties, parishes, & the lots as granted by government,…
Tags: cadastral, empire, Prince Edward Island
Charles Morris, A Plan of the town of St. Andrew’s (1785)
Charles Morris, A Plan of the town of St. Andrew’s (1785), 1785
"Model town" plan for the Loyalist settlement of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.
"A PLAN of the TOWN of St ANDREWS Situated at the Head of…
Tags: eighteenth century, empire, Loyalists, New Brunswick
Government of Canada Travel Bureau, Adventure Along the Trans-Canada Highway
Government of Canada Travel Bureau, Adventure Along the Trans-Canada Highway, 1961
Image of woman reading map beside Lake Superior on the (relatively new) Trans-Canada Highway.
Tags: Canada, Tourism, transportation, twentieth century
Agriculture in Connecticut
Agriculture in Connecticut
This image gives an agricultural breakdown of connecticut. It shows how Hartford is a great place to grow fruits and vegetables
John Speed, America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings.
John Speed, America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings., 1662
Gerhard Mercator, Americae descrip.
Gerhard Mercator, Americae descrip., 1607
The Atlas published by Ioannes Janssonius, in 1607 (2nd prelim. leaf, is dated March 1607. Pagination irregular), with 8 + 656 p.,152 black and white…
John White, Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inuenta sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, ...
John White, Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inuenta sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, ..., 1590
A map of the coast of Virginia and present-day North Carolina (from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Lookout) with names of native American villages given in…
Diego Gutiérrez, Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
Diego Gutiérrez, Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, 1562
- Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas.
- Relief shown pictorially.
- From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no.…
Tags: 16th century, New World, North America, Phillip II, South America, Spain
George Philip & Son, Ltd. The London Geographical Institute. (1922), American Atlantic ports N. Sheet (1922)
George Philip & Son, Ltd. The London Geographical Institute. (1922), American Atlantic ports N. Sheet (1922)
, 1922
Color lithographed map. Depths shown by layer tints. Shows mail routes and duration, steamship routes, distances, navigable waters for large steamers,…
Tags: Atlantic, communication, ports, transportation
Sir James Wallace, American ships attacking the British warships Phoenix and Rose on the Hudson River in New York.
Sir James Wallace, American ships attacking the British warships Phoenix and Rose on the Hudson River in New York., 1778
J. Ottens, R. Ottens, Amerique septentrionale divisée en ses principale parties.
J. Ottens, R. Ottens, Amerique septentrionale divisée en ses principale parties.
, 1694
Antonio Peireira, Amtonio
Antonio Peireira, Amtonio, 1545
This map is one of the earliest to show the results of Spanish exploration of North and South America. Francisco de Orellana's expedition of 1539 to…
Robert Morden and William Berry, AN EARLY ENGLISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
Robert Morden and William Berry, AN EARLY ENGLISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, 1673
Cotton Mather, An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702)
Cotton Mather, An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702), Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library, 1702 (based on 1685 map)
Recognized as the first 18th century map of New England, this map was used to illustrate Cotton Mather's famous history of the Bay Colony, "Magnalia…
James Helme and William Chandler, An exact plan of the sea coast of the continent from Paucatuck River ... to Slocum's Harbour ... (1741)
James Helme and William Chandler, An exact plan of the sea coast of the continent from Paucatuck River ... to Slocum's Harbour ... (1741), 1741
"An exact plan of the sea coast of the continent from Paucatuck River eastwards to Point Judith and from thence northwards to the town of Providence…
Tags: coastal, eighteenth century, Rhode Island
J.G. Kohl, An Indian map of the Upper-Missouri, 1801
J.G. Kohl, An Indian map of the Upper-Missouri, 1801, 1850
A map of the Missouri River waterways along with transcribed notes from a hunter. The mapmaker used pen-and-ink and watercolor and was copied from a…
Warden, David Bailie, Anciennes fortifications situées à Marietta, dans l'état d'Ohio
Warden, David Bailie, Anciennes fortifications situées à Marietta, dans l'état d'Ohio, 1827
Plan of native American fortifications near Marrietta, Ohio. Includes the Muskingam and Ohio rivers
Tags: Indigenous, Ohio
Master, Oliver
Elias, Arthur Edward, Animated Map of New Brunswick. The Artist Suggests Good Sport.
Master, Oliver
Elias, Arthur Edward, Animated Map of New Brunswick. The Artist Suggests Good Sport., 1929
Pictorial Map of New Brunswick