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A map of the province of Upper Canada, describing all the new settlements, townships, &c.

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Printed map. "Compiled from the original documents in the Surveyor General's Office." Visual scale [67 mm=60 English miles]. Misspelling in the publication statement with "Lodon", rather than "London". This map and several other states of the same map show the progression of development in Upper Canada over time: RMC_107411 (1813), RMC_107410 (1818), RMC_107413 (1838), RMC_107415 [circa 1845], RMC_107414 [1854], and RMC_107412 [circa 1872?]. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 30 (10), p. 15: "...(date removed from title) Same as 1843 map; also appeared in Wyld's A New General Atlas of Modern Geography (London [1852]), plate '59'." Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.

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Title
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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Description
Printed map. "Compiled from the original documents in the Surveyor General's Office." Visual scale [67 mm=60 English miles]. Misspelling in the publication statement with "Lodon", rather than "London". This map and several other states of the same map show the progression of development in Upper Canada over time: RMC_107411 (1813), RMC_107410 (1818), RMC_107413 (1838), RMC_107415 [circa 1845], RMC_107414 [1854], and RMC_107412 [circa 1872?]. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 30 (10), p. 15: "...(date removed from title) Same as 1843 map; also appeared in Wyld's A New General Atlas of Modern Geography (London [1852]), plate '59'." Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.
Publisher
Published by Jas. Wyld
Contributor
Wyld, James, 1812-1887
Date
1845
Type
Format
map, [1:1,440,000 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:31161, local: RMC_107415
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Ontario, North America--Canada
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