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1 British and Russian America Scale [ca. 19,000,000]. Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn & Engraved by J. Archer, Pentonville, London." Compass rose includes miniature map of western hemisphere. Includes names of indigenous groups. Shows northern United States, Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Iceland.
Plate 44, likely from an edition of Collins's College atlas for schools and families, but which edition has not been determined.
[1848?]
2 An excursion to Alaska by the Canadian Pacific Railway Cover title: To Alaska by the Canadian Pacific Railway. / Series: Canadian Pacific Primers; no. 1 1888
3 British North America Scale [ca. 1:18,000,000]. Relief shown by hachures. Includes a list of population and land area figures for Canada and each of its provinces. Page 74 from Rand McNally & Co.'s Atlas of the World. "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New 11 x 14 Map of British North America." Copyright 1895.
On verso (p. 73): Map of Alaska.
1895
4 British and Russian America Scale [ca. 1:25,344,000]. Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn & Engraved by J. Archer, Pentonville, London." Compass rose includes miniature map of western hemisphere. Includes names of indigenous groups. Shows northern United States, Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Iceland.
Plate 44 from Gilbert's Modern atlas.
[1841?]
5 A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "Pl. I, p. 197."
From The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1790.
1790
6 Northern America Scale approximately 1:18,000,000. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. "Published by J.H. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court ... [1858?]
7 Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada. Drawings of the coats of arms of the Dominion of Canada and seven provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia. Page 5.
On verso (p. 6): map of Alaska.
[1888?]
8 Nord America Scale approximately 1:37,000,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes legend.
Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
1828
9 British North America Scale approximately 1:10,000,000. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored in outline. "Pubd. Feby. 15, 1837, by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street Strand." Page number "40" appears at bottom of right margin. Map focuses on northern North America, but also includes Greenland. Shows cities, rivers, top...
Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
1837
10 British North America Scale approximately 1:10,137,600. Relief shown by hachures. "Pubd. 25 April 1844, by J. Arrowsmith, 10, Soho Square." Has two geographic bar scales outside neat line in lower left corner and plate number 40 outside neat line in lower right corner. Shows Canada, the United States from Santa Fe nor...
Separated from an edition of Arrowsmith's "London atlas of universal geography" published between 1842 and 1844. / Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
1844
11 British North America Scale approximately 1:10,300,000. Relief shown by hachures. "London, Pubd. 25 April 1857, by J. Arrowsmith, 10, Soho Square." Page number "40" appears at bottom of right margin. In addition to British North America, the map shows most of Alaska and Greenland and the northern United States. It do...
Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
1857