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Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company: by A. Wells, provincial land survr. dedicated to the governor, deputy governor & court of directors of the above company

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Title

Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company: by A. Wells, provincial land survr. dedicated to the governor, deputy governor & court of directors of the above company

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
Canada

Names

Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1839
Place: London
Publisher: J. Arrowsmith

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5052

Subjects

British American Land Company
Real property -- Québec (Province)
Québec (Province)
Québec (Québec)

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: by John Arrowsmith.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Content: Shows roads, towns, villages and landholdings of the British American Land Co.
Content: Includes inset : Plan of Quebec (scale approximately 1:12,500)
Content: Also includes "A table of distances to the eastern townships" and table "Distances to the new settlements of the B.A.L. Company."
Statement Of Responsibility: "London published May 22nd 1839 by J. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 59 x 98 cm, sheet 70 x 106 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 84298119
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20643859
Other local Identifier: NA033.2.05
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b1cb8f20-39fd-0133-6471-00505686d14e

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1839

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company: by A. Wells, provincial land survr. dedicated to the governor, deputy governor & court of directors of the above company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1839. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cb8f20-39fd-0133-6471-00505686d14e

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1839). Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company: by A. Wells, provincial land survr. dedicated to the governor, deputy governor & court of directors of the above company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cb8f20-39fd-0133-6471-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the eastern townships of Lower Canada drawn principally from actual survey for the British American Land Company: by A. Wells, provincial land survr. dedicated to the governor, deputy governor & court of directors of the above company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cb8f20-39fd-0133-6471-00505686d14e

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