DEVINE, Thomas.

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DEVINE, Thomas.
Government map of Canada from Red River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Toronto, Thompson & Co., 1859. Col. d'époque. Carte entoilée dépliante divisée en 48 segments. Papier légèrement jauni. Toile fragilisée au niveau des pliures. - Folding map in 48 sections mounted on linen. Coloured by county. Paper slightly age-toned as usual. Canvas weakened splitting along folds. 780 x 1720 mm. Carte compilée par Thomas Devine et gravée par Rae Smith. Elle figure le Haut-Canada (Ontario) et le Bas-Canada (Québec) et un carton avec l'hémisphère nord. Entourée de texte et de tables indiquant les minéraux et bois exportés, de listes des comtés des Haut et Bas-Canada, d'une liste des gares dans les différentes Provinces. Figure les voies de chemin de fer, les routes et les canaux. La carte de Th. Devine, la première carte officielle de la Province, est considérée comme la première carte précise de la région, même plus exacte que celles publiées dans les années 1860 Entitled: Government map of Canada: from Red River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence compiled by Thomas Devine... Head of Surveys, Upper Canada Branch, Crown Lands Department, November 1859. Rae Smith, engraver... New York, U.S.A. Scale of British Statute Miles. Includes Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec) and a circular inset map of the Northern Hemisphere. Surrounded with text and tables: Catalogue of some of the minerals of Canada; Total exports of minerals during the years 1856-1858; Principle kinds of timber exported; Tabular list of counties in Upper Canada with the townships; Tabular list of counties in Lower Canada with the parishes; List of the various railway stations in the province and their respective distances. Shows railroads, common roads, canals, and colonization roads. Devine's Government map of Canada, from Red River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence (1859), the first official map of the province, has been shown to be the first reasonably accurate map of the area, and more accurate than tho
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