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North America : sheet IV Lake Superior, reduced from the Admiralty Survey

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Printed map. "Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." "Published Novr. 1st. 1832...." "J. & C. Walker Sculpt." Visual scale [110 mm=120 English miles]. Hand annotated "133" in lower right margin. Probably from same original copy as McMaster maps RMC_107337, RMC_107338 and RMC_107344. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 90, p. 34: "...also in Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844), 2: plate [130] or [133]...shows international boundary and lakes and rivers emptying into L Superior." Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.

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Title
North America : sheet IV Lake Superior, reduced from the Admiralty Survey
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Description
Printed map. "Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." "Published Novr. 1st. 1832...." "J. & C. Walker Sculpt." Visual scale [110 mm=120 English miles]. Hand annotated "133" in lower right margin. Probably from same original copy as McMaster maps RMC_107337, RMC_107338 and RMC_107344. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 90, p. 34: "...also in Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844), 2: plate [130] or [133]...shows international boundary and lakes and rivers emptying into L Superior." Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.
Publisher
Baldwin & Cradock
Contributor
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), J. & C. Walker (Firm)
Date
1832-11-01
Type
Format
map, [1:1,756,000 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:26992, local: RMC_107339
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Superior, Lake, Region, Great Lakes Region (North America), North America--Canada, United States--Lake Superior
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