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Title: British possessions in North America from Mr. Arrowsmith's Map of North America
Description: Map of Northern portion of North America, with little detail outside of colonies in Eastern North America. Showing broad highlights of separation between British and U.S. territories, mountain ranges, lakes and rivers, and some place names and anglo names for indigenous people.
Type: Maps
Date: 15 July 1814
Identifier: WMC0028
Identifier (PID): yul:1152483

Title: America published 18th October 1803 by Robert Wilkinson
Description: Map of North and South America, colour coded to show general political divisions. Also showing mountain ranges, large lakes and rivers, place names, and a table of American colonies, dominions, and states.
Type: Maps
Date: 18 October 1803
Identifier: WMC0027
Identifier (PID): yul:1152482

Title: Mappemonde physique et politique par L. Dussieux
Description: World map with Europe and Africa at the centre, highlighting the oceans and different continents of America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Also showing major rivers and mountain ranges, and details for seafaring like wind and water currents.
Type: Maps
Date: [1856]
Identifier: WMC0025
Identifier (PID): yul:1152469

Title: Territories of Washington and Oregon by Prof. H.D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston F.R.S.E.
Description: Topographical map of Western North America, including territories of British America, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, and California. Oregon and Washington cover present day Idaho and Montana.
Type: Maps
Date: 1857
Identifier: WMC0017
Identifier (PID): yul:1152395

Title: Territory of Nebraska by Prof. H.D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston F.R.S.E.
Description: Topographical map of Western North America, including territories of Utah, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa. Map area covers present day Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Colorado.
Type: Maps
Date: 1857
Identifier: WMC0024
Identifier (PID): yul:1152455

Title: Northern Hemisphere
Description: Map of the Northern Hemisphere with hand coloured divisions of countries, colonies, and political divisions of the time. Shows general areas of mountain ranges, large lakes and rivers, and place names.
Type: Maps
Date: 1824
Identifier: WMC0022
Identifier (PID): yul:1152443

Title: North America : including the most recent discoveries in the Arctic Seas and West Coast, from government charts and reports, United States surveys &c.
Description: Map of North America with parts of the Caribbean, South America, Iceland, Greenland, and Asia included. Shows anglo/European names for Indigenous people, place names, contours, waterways, and references. Information from much earlier time than likely publication of map.
Type: Maps
Date: [1864]
Identifier: WMC0021
Identifier (PID): yul:1152426

Title: Etats-Unis d'Amerique
Description: Map of United States of America and surrounding lands and territories as of 1825. Also showing contours, waterways, place names, indigenous territories, and other details.
Type: Maps
Date: 1825
Identifier: WMC0018
Identifier (PID): yul:1152396

Title: General map of the United States : showing the area and extent of the free & slave-holding states, and the territories of the union.
Description: Map of United States from 1857 with "free states and territories coloured green. The dark Green shows the Free settled States, and the light Green the Territories. Slave-holding states coloured red. The dark red shows the slave importing, and the light red the slave exporting states." Showing waterways, cities and towns, and parts of Mexico, British America/Canada, and the Bahamas.
Type: Maps
Date: 1857
Identifier: WMC0016
Identifier (PID): yul:1152331

Title: General map of the United States
Description: Map principally of the United states, including Cuba, the Bahamas, and parts of Mexico and British America/Canada. Showing geographic features like waterways and contours, as well as existing and proposed railways, steam boat routes, and states that still have slavery.
Type: Maps
Date: [1859-1865]
Identifier: WMC0015
Identifier (PID): yul:1152330

Title: Planisphère sur la projection de Mercator
Description: World map centered around the Bering Strait. Includes weather details like currents, snow patterns, and ice. Details likely for sailing purposes.
Type: Maps
Date: [1875]
Identifier: WMC0013
Identifier (PID): yul:1152327

Title: Mappemonde projectee sur l'Horizon de Paris et de son Antipode. Mappemonde sur la Projection Polaire.
Description: Two world maps with different projections, one centered around the horizon of Paris, the other centered around the North and South Pole. The hand coloured maps depict geologic terrains and ocean basins/watersheds, respectively.
Type: Maps
Date: 1875
Identifier: WMC0012
Identifier (PID): yul:1152320

Title: Geographic, statistical, and historical map of North Carolina
Description: Topographic map of North Carolina, with colour coded districts, contours, rivers, and boundaries. Also includes written information about the state, such as its situation, the soil, physical features like inlets, rivers, and swamp lands, the climate, population charts split by white & coloured, and information about slavery and the state coming into and selling Cherokee lands.
Type: Maps
Date: 1822
Identifier: WMC0006
Identifier (PID): yul:1152261

Title: Amérique septentrionale [sheet 1]
Description: This is sheet 1 of a 1746 map of North America showing settlements, waterways and islands.
Type: Maps
Date: 1746
Identifier: WMC0057
Identifier (PID): yul:1152251

Title: Mappa-Mondo : per indicare la principale costruzione, e la configurazione de due continenti
Description: Map of the world with broad geographic details including mountain ranges and waterways. Taken from an atlas, likely Nuovo atlante di geografia universale by Luigi Rossi and Giuseppe Caniani.
Type: Maps
Date: [1820]
Identifier: WMC0005
Identifier (PID): yul:1152245

Title: Amérique septentrionale [sheet 2]
Description: This is sheet 2 of a 1746 map of North America showing settlements, waterways and islands.
Type: Maps
Date: 1746
Identifier: WMC0058
Identifier (PID): yul:1152244

Title: America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas
Description: This is a 1772 map of North America based upon De L'Isle's landmark map of 1700. It shows geographic places, settlements, islands, lakes, rivers, and tracks of a number of explorers routes along the west coast.
Type: Maps
Date: [1772?]
Identifier: WMC0059
Identifier (PID): yul:1152242

Title: United States of North America (Western States)
Description: Topographical map of Western United States. Shows waterways, relief, state lines, railways, and unceded first nations territory, with named states, major towns and cities, and mountain ranges.
Type: Maps
Date: [1863]
Identifier: WMC0003
Identifier (PID): yul:1152204

Title: Vereinigte Staaten Von Nord-Amerika In 6 Blattern, Bl. 2. [Dominion of Canada (southwest), Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin]
Description: A topographical map of the Midwestern United States, with parts of Canada included. Shows place names, waterways, relief, first nations reserves, railways, and state boundaries.
Type: Maps
Date: 1890
Identifier: WMC0001
Identifier (PID): yul:1152091

Title: 1877 map of Pickering Township
Description: This is a cadastral map of Pickering Township from 1877, showing lot owners and major buildings.
Type: Maps
Date: 1966
Identifier: G/3523/O53 G46/37/1877
Identifier (PID): yul:1151032

Title: Plan of the Harbour of Toronto with a proposed town and settlement 1788
Description: Consists of a plan of the Harbour of Toronto and a proposed town and settlement, from 1788.
Type: Maps
Date: 1788
Identifier: 3524/T62 A1/43/1788
Identifier (PID): yul:1150281

Title: Sketch of the ground in advance of and including York, Upper Canada
Description: This is a base map of the town of York area (present-day Toronto) in 1813, including explanatory text on woods, communication, and road and bridge conditions. It outlines the major buildings and some military structures through the town.
Type: Maps
Date: 7 November 1813
Identifier: 3524/T62 A1/-/1813
Identifier (PID): yul:1150256

Title: North America
Description: Overview map of North America including indigenous lands, British and U.S. settlements, Mexico, Greenland, and the Caribbean islands. Details are limited in the North and Western portions of North America, Greenland, and South America. Showing some major waterways, place names, and some details about expeditions to the North.
Type: Maps
Date: [1822]
Identifier: WMC0019
Identifier (PID): yul:1152410