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
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
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Date Issued
1839
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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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1839. 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. (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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