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Source Description
Published, as the act directs, Augst. 12th, 1815, by W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty & to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Charing Cross, London.
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Document identity
localId
8049g898c
label
Map of the provinces of upper & lower Canada with the adjacent parts of the United States of America, &c
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8049g898c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the provinces of upper & lower Canada with the adjacent parts of the United States of America, &c
description
Published, as the act directs, Augst. 12th, 1815, by W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty & to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Charing Cross, London.
date
["1815"]
year
1815
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006179
creators
Bouchette, Joseph, 1774-1841
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Canada--Maps
North America--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Canada
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
W. Faden
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 76 x 126 cm.
notes
Published, as the act directs, Augst. 12th, 1815, by W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty & to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Charing Cross, London.
Relief shown by hachures.
"To His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, &c. &c. &c. and Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, this map is ... most gratefully dedicated, by a faithful and zealous Canadian subject ... Joseph Bouchette, His Majesty's surveyor general of the province of Lower Canada, and Lieutt. Colonel C.M."
Includes three inset engravings of views and engraved title vignette.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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no
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8049g898c
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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