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Title: Canada's first people
Description: Map, crude drawings, and excerpts depicting various aspects of life and various identities of indigenous peoples of Canada from a colonial perspective.
Type: Maps
Date: [1964]
Identifier: G/3401/E1/0/1964
Identifier (PID): yul:1151295

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: North Carolina (appendix to no. 23)
Description: Appendix to map of North Carolina WMC0006 ID#1152261, containing written information about North Carolina's history, government, religion, education, commerce and manufacturers, and a list of governors.
Type: Documents
Date: 1822
Identifier: WMC0007
Identifier (PID): yul:1152262

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: Mappe-Monde Planispherique Physique et Hydrographique
Description: A world map highlighting ocean currents. European possessions are marked according to colour and a small legend explaining the colour-coding is at the bottom of the map. Continents, countries, major cities, islands, bodies of water, and ocean currents are labelled throughout. Relief shown by hachures. This map is plate 10 of Atlas universel. Notes on the bottom of the map describe average and extreme temperatures, snowfall limits, and average altitudes.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: WMC0051
Identifier (PID): yul:1153552