Research Catalog

Title

Map of that portion of her majesty's colonies of New Brunswick and Lower Canada [cartographic material] : the title to which is disputed by the Government of the U. States with parts of the adjacent country / engraved by Jas. Wyld.

Author

Great Britain. Foreign Office, creator.

Publication

London, England : Foreign Office, 1840.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wyld, James, 1812-1887
• Mudge, Richard Z. (Richard Zachariah), 1790-1854.
• Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866.
• Featherstonhaugh, James D.

Description

9 maps on 2 sheets : hand colored; on sheets 79 x 124 cm and 50 x 78 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US007.2.03

Subjects

• United States > Maps
• Canada > Boundaries > United States > Maps
• Maps
• United States > Boundaries > Canada > Maps
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States > Maps
• Boundary disputes > Maps
• United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain > Maps
• Northeast boundary of the United States > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
• "To accompany a report of the investigation of that country which the Rt. Hon. Viscount Palmerston ... directed to be made, A.D. 1839."
• Map A on 1 sheet, B maps no. 1-8 on second sheet.
• "Maps refered to in the report of Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonhaugh the Commissioners appointed by the British government to explore and survey the Territory in dispute between Great Britain and the United States of America, under the 2nd article of the Treaty of 1783."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Contents

Map A: Map of that portion of her Majesty's colonies of New Brunswick and Lower Canada the title to which disputed by the government of the U. States with parts of the adjacent country -- No. 1: A Portion of Michell[']s map compiled for the Plantation Office Feb. 13th, 1755 -- No. 2: A Portion of the country represented in Mitchell's map but accurately adjusted for latitude and longitude -- No. 3: Copied from a map entitled Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France -- No. 4: Figure de la Terre Neuve Grande Riviere de Canada et cotes del'Ocean en la Nouvelle France -- No. 5: Section as given by Colonel Bouchette shewing the different heights of land between the monument at the source of the St. Croix and the first waters of the Ristiguouche at the extremity of the exploring line -- No. 6: A Sketch of part of the River St. John west of the Madawasca River -- No. 7: Carte du Canada par Guillaume de Lisle -- No. 8.: Partie Orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5078

OCLC

219400118

Author

Great Britain. Foreign Office, creator.

Title

Map of that portion of her majesty's colonies of New Brunswick and Lower Canada [cartographic material] : the title to which is disputed by the Government of the U. States with parts of the adjacent country / engraved by Jas. Wyld.

Publisher

London, England : Foreign Office, 1840.

Cartographic Data

Scales differ (W 73°32ʹ--W 63°55ʹ/N 49°29ʹ--N 42°36ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.10, page 814, column 1, row 2,3,4,5

Local Note

NYPL copy of Map A. is divided into 2 sheets.

Source

US007.2.03

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Wyld, James, 1812-1887, engraver.

Mudge, Richard Z. (Richard Zachariah), 1790-1854.

Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866.

Featherstonhaugh, James D., cartographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5078