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This detailed map of Quebec is an excellent example of fine cartographic work published by the Universal Magazine. This city was the strongest fortress in Canada, the lynchpin of French power in North America. The British knew that if they were able to capture Quebec, the rest of the country would soon fall into their dominion, so in early 1759 they planned the largest attack of the war, a combined force of about 9,000 soldiers under General James Wolfe and a fleet of 20 ships under Admiral Charles Saunders. The British lay siege to Quebec from June 27th until September 18th, when the French surrendered their garrison in the city. This was the turning point of the war, with an eventual British victory all but certain. This map, issued as the attack on Quebec was forming, would have served the reading public in London both as a reminder of strength of the citadel, but also as a map upon which to follow the news of the attack as it progressed during the summer. $250
Another map of Quebec, this one issued within a month of the surrender of Quebec. It shows city and its environs including the Island of Orleans. As news of the great British triumph arrived in London, this map would have been studied with great interest by the readers of Gentleman's Magazine. $225
Another map issued shortly after the British capture of the city, showing the region immediately around Quebec. This comes from one of the rarer magazines of the period and it was issued along with an account of Wolfe's victory. In the top right corner is an inset showing the arrangement of the troops. $275
This fine map, issued shortly after the capture of Quebec, shows the positions of all the British and French troops during these events. The map shows the rivers, roads, towns around Quebec, and the lines of the armies, defensive works, encampments, and many ships in the river are all indicated and named. $275
Montreal was the capital of French Canada, their last stronghold in America after the British capture of Quebec in September 1759, just the month before this map was issued. Once Quebec was taken, the obvious next step was to capture Montreal, so a map of this city would have had great interest to the readers of the Universal Magazine. The detail in this map is most impressive, likely based on French sources. The layout of the city itself, and the lands surrounding, is clearly presented, with a few major features explained with a lettered key in the upper left corner. $350
This map illustrates the expedition led by General Lord Jeffrey Amherst against the French at Montreal in 1760, which led to the surrender of the city in September of that year. It shows the region along and south of the St. Lawrence River extending from Quebec to the Thousand Islands, and then around Lake Ontario and to the Niagara River. Forts, Indian tribes, rivers, portages, and other such information is clearly presented. Also included are insets of Montreal Island and of the city itself, indicating its major streets, buildings, and the surrounding fortifications. $275
Thomas Jefferys. "An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence." London: Robert Sayer, 1775. 23 1/2 x 37 1/4. Engraving. Original outline color. Full margins. Excellent condition.
A chart of the St. Lawrence River by the noted eighteenth century English cartographer Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to George III and the Prince of Wales. Jefferys produced many important maps of America from 1751 until 1768, including this superior chart first issued in 1757. The main source for Jefferys was a map issued in 1702 based on a survey of the river by Jean Deshayes. Deshayes map became the standard chart of the St. Lawrence until James Cook's surveys appeared in the second half of the century. Jefferys translated Deshayes' chart into English, and added an updated depiction of the river from Lake Ontario to Quebec based on J.B.B. D'Anville's 1755 map of Canada This is a sailing chart, complete with soundings, rhumb lines for navigation, written directions, and coastal profiles. The central part of the map shows the river from Anticosti Island to Quebec, and it includes a number of insets such as the one based on D'Anville's map and four others depicting important sections of the river with greater detail. This reissue of the Jefferys map, which appeared in his The American Atlas, was prompted by the growing tensions between the British government and its colonies, that generated an increasing demand for maps of North America. The St. Lawrence River, with its importance for shipping to and from the prosperous Canadian settlements, was of particular interest to readers in London and elsewhere in the English speaking world. $1,200
Jonathan Carver. "A New Map of the Province of Quebec, according to The Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763. from the French Surveys Connected with those made after the War, by Captain Carver, and other Officers, in His Majesty's Service." London: Robert Sayer & John Bennett, 16 February 1776. First state. 19 1/4 x 26 1/2. Engraving. Very good condition. Kershaw: 1005.
Captain Jonathan Carver's appealing map of the English province of Quebec as established by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 that ended the French & Indian Wars. After acquiring most of North America by that treaty, the British were concerned to update the existing French surveys of what had been New France. Carver, and other British officers, surveyed the region from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the Thousand Islands, and this map is evidence of the quality of their work. Rivers, lakes, towns, are neatly laid out, and indications are given of various Indian tribes. This was the heart of French Canada, so the lands and old French cities would have been of great interest to the new colonial power there. This is further expressed by the inclusion, in the upper left corner, of four detailed inset maps; "A Particular Survey of the Isles of Montreal," "Plan of Montreal. or Villemarie," "The City of Quebec," and "Course of the River St. Laurence, from la Valterie to Quebec." The precise geographic detail is embellished with a wonderful title cartouche symbolizing the rocky and forested lands of the new province of Quebec. $1,250
William Guthrie. "The British Colonies in North America, from the best Authorities." From Guthrie's New System of Geography.
London: Dilly & Robinson, ca, 1795. 13 x 13 1/4. Engraving. Original outline color. Very good condition.
A nicely rendered map of Canada from William Guthrie's famous geography. William Guthrie (1708-1770) was a historian who came out in 1769 with a General View of Geography. This work proved very popular and he soon revised the work, adding maps. "Guthrie's Geography" went through many different editions, well past his death, with editions to as late as 1842. Later editions were regularly updated and expanded, with new discoveries and maps added. This map first appeared in 1786 and this example was printed from a reëngraved plate that issued about 1795. Guthrie's map of Canada was one of the first to show information from Samuel Hearne's exploration. It depicts lakes, rivers, orography, the location of Indian tribes, and various notes such as "Fort St. Charles Destoy'd" and "The Climate of this Land is a great deal more temperate than Hudsons Bay." $225
Mathew Carey. "The British Possessions in North America. From the latest Authorities. 1814" Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. 14 7/8 x 17 1/8. Engraving by W. Robinson. Original hand color. Some light discoloration in top corners. Otherwise, very good condition.
A map of Canada showing very good detail of the waterways throughout, as known at the time. The map was published by Mathew Carey in 1814, and was from his General Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. Carey, an Irish immigrant, established the first American specialized cartographic publishing firm. He set up an elaborate cottage system of craftsmen for engraving, printing, and coloring his maps utilizing the best independent artists directed to a common end. Carey is important, then, not only for the excellent maps he produced, but for his setting the pattern for American map publishing, to be followed by the likes of John Melish and Henry S. Tanner. This map is a fine example of his output. $225
Maps by John Melish. From A Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States. . Philadelphia: J. Melish, 1813-1815 . Engravings by Henry S. Tanner. Original outline hand color. With folds as issued. Very good condition, except as noted.
The success of his Travels prompted Melish to issue, in 1813, a general map on the "Seat of the War [of 1812]." This map was commercially very successful, so Melish then produced a number of other maps of regions involved in the War, issuing them in A Military and Topographical Atlas. Two years later he issued an updated edition of the Atlas, with the addition of some new maps of new areas of the conflict.
In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their American Atlas. This volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist. He considered himself an American foil to John Stuart Mill and the London economists who were proclaimers of "the gloomy science" influenced by Ricardo and Malthus. Instead of preaching overpopulation and degeneration of the human species, Carey illustrated the nations of the western hemisphere through maps that showed an expanding region with ample promise of developing into lands of great new opportunity and growth. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted. Like all others from Carey & Lea's work, this map shows excellent and very up-to-date detail, providing a fine verbal and graphic picture of the Canadian provinces in the early 19th century. $250
Maps by David Burr. From Universal Atlas. New York: Illman & Pilbrow, 1834. Ca. 10 1/2 x 12 1/2. Engravings by Illman & Pilbrow. Full original color. Very good condition.
Maps by David H. Burr, one of the most important American cartographers of the first part of the nineteenth century. Having studied under Simeon DeWitt, Burr produced the second state atlas issued in the United States, of New York in 1829. He was then appointed to be geographer for the U.S. Post Office and later geographer to the House of Representatives. These handsome maps of regions of Canada contain excellent detail of rivers, lakes, towns, and political divisions.
Detailed and clearly drawn map of Canadian portions of North America by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). This wonderful English enterprise was devoted to the spreading of up-to-date information and the enhancing of geographical understanding. Such precise views of 19th-century geography are splendid examples of the Society's work. Decorative and informative. $65
Maps from the Illustrated Atlas. London: John Tallis & Co., 1851. Folio. Each ca. 13 1/2 x 10. Engravings. Original hand outline color, unless noted otherwise. Very good condition, unless noted otherwise.
Beginning in 1851, John Tallis & Co. issued their Illustrated Atlas, which contained maps of all parts of the world. These are among the most popular nineteenth century maps available to the collector. The maps are very detailed, with copious topographical and political information presented with excellent clarity. However, it is for their decorative borders and the small, finely engraved vignettes of local scenes that these maps are particularly known and enjoyed.
"Canada East or Lower Canada and New Brunswick." G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1866. 113/4 x 15 1/4. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition. With inset, "Vicinity of Montreal."
In the mid-nineteenth century, the center of map publishing in America moved from Philadelphia to New York. The Colton publishing firm played a large role in that shift, producing crisp, clean maps like this one of Lower Canada. $35
"Map of Ontario in Counties." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr., 1867. 10 5/8 x 13 1/4. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition. $65
"County Map of Nova Scotia New Brunswick Cape Breton Id. and Pr. Edward's Id." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr., 1871. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition. $50
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