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Title: British America
Description: Map of British America including Canada, First Nations' territories with Anglo/Franco names, British Columbia, Rupert's Land, U.S. Alaska, mainland United States, Greenland and Iceland. Shows elevation, lakes, waterways, factories, forts, and other details.
Type: Maps
Date: [1870]
Identifier: WMC0011
Identifier (PID): yul:1152319

Title: Nouvelle Ecosse partie J. Ouest [back]
Description: Back of map of Nova Scotia, with plate detailing the author or owner of the map, Charles Picquet, and a handwritten note in French about the title of the map.
Type: Documents
Date: [1835]
Identifier: WMC0029
Identifier (PID): yul:1152519

Title: Nouvelle Ecosse partie J. Ouest [front]
Description: Map of the Western part of Nova Scotia, cut into sections and affixed to a woven backing to be folded and transported. Includes ports, farms, settlements, roads or railways, lakes, rivers, water features, degrees, and other details i.e. a bad swamp, rocks dry at 1/2 tide, &c.
Type: Maps
Date: [1835]
Identifier: WMC0029
Identifier (PID): yul:1152518

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

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: Arctic regions and British America : containing all the discoveries in the Arctic seas up to 1853
Description: Map of British America focusing on water trails and portages to get across the country and to the Arctic. Also includes (primarily anglo) place names, dates and names of expeditions and their captains, and lakes and rivers.
Type: Maps
Date: [1859-1865]
Identifier: WMC0030
Identifier (PID): yul:1152520

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: British America
Description: Map of Eastern North America, detailing the British territories Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Showing cities, ports, rivers, and lakes.
Type: Maps
Date: [1838]
Identifier: WMC0020
Identifier (PID): yul:1152415

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: British North America : B. Bay, C. Cape, F. Fort, H. Harbour, Ho. House, L. Lake, M. Mountain, P. Port, Pt. Point, R. River.
Description: Map of British North America, including territorial divisions, names of lakes, rivers, and locales, contours, and random details such as coal veins, factories, and trading posts.
Type: Maps
Date: [1844]
Identifier: WMC0010
Identifier (PID): yul:1152314