Upper Canada and the Great Lakes region

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Item Information

Title:
Upper Canada and the Great Lakes region
Contributor:
Simcoe, Elizabeth, 1762-1850
Contributor:
Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
Date:
[1790–1799]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Great Lakes (North America)--Maps
Places:
Great Lakes
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 22.5 x 37.3 cm.
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:3,168,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, outline map showing the basic geography of the region with a number of important posts noted.
Notations on the map and on the verso and some later pen and ink additions to the map provide additional details on individual features and might have been added by Governor Simcoe.
Style of the map is similar to another attributed to Elizabeth Simcoe.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5673
Barcode:
B2998331