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Document identity
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x633f8505
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A new map of the Province of Quebec, according to the Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633f8505
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new map of the Province of Quebec, according to the Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1776"]
year
1776
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008023
creators
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Québec (Province)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Canada
North and Central America
Quebec
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Canada
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer and John Bennett
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
54
schema:longitude
-72
extent
1 map : col. ; 56 x 74 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Hand colored.
Insets with indexes: A particular survey of the Isles of Montreal, The city of Quebec, Course of the river St. Laurence, from La Valterie to Quebec and Plan of Montreal, or Víllemarie.
With the conclusion of the French and Indian War, France ceded its Canadian possessions to England. This map delineates the boundaries of the new British province of Quebec as established by royal proclamation in 1763. Despite British administrative control of this area, French culture remained strong, especially with regard to settlement patterns and place names. For example, the map's insets show the two major French trading centers -- Quebec City and Montreal -- as well as the French villages and place names in the vicinity of Montreal and the French land holding system (known as the seigneurial system) along the lower St. Lawrence River. Jonathan Carver, a New Englander who was involved in the British attack on Canada during the French and Indian War, prepared this map. Following the conflict, he undertook explorations of the new British territorial acquisitions in the Great Lakes region. His observations were published in London, as Travels through the Interior Parts of North America in the years 1766,1767, and 1768, a popular travel account but of questionable authenticity.
Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL)
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x633f8505
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map
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photo
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