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BMC 63--Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes, 1633
- Map of the East Coast of North America, extending from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. De Laet’s map appeared in his seminal work on America, which is widely regarded as the most important and influential treatise on the subject published in the 17th Century. The map provides the best representations of the coastline and is referred to as "one of the foundation maps of Canada" and "the first printed map to include an accurate Prince Edward Island, and the earliest depiction of a north-south oriented Lake Champlain."
1633
BMC 67--Route from Fort Pownal to Quebec, 1764
- "A Draught of a Rout from Fort Pownall on Penobscot River by way of Piscataquess River, Lake Sabim, Wolf River, and the River Chaudiere, to Quebec, and back again to Fort Pownall, by Penobscot River. Taken by order of His Excellency Francis Bernard. Esq: Governor &c of His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1764." Map of route to Quebec from Fort Pownal on the Penobscot River, based on a survey undertaken by Joseph Chadwick during 1764.
1764
BMC 70--Partie orientale du Canada, avec la Nouvelle Angleterre, l'Acadie, et la Terre-Neuve par le S. D'Anville, 1776
- Map of northeastern Canada, New York and New England based upon D'Anville's map of 1746.
1776
BMC 75--Nuova ed esatta Carta Della America Ricavata dale Mappe, e carte piu approvate, 1763
- Map of North and South America engraved by Andrea Scacciati and published in Il Gazzettiere Americano by Marco Coltellini, Livorno, 1763. The atlas is the first Italian translation of "The American Gazetteer" published in 1762. The maps accompanying the atlas are derived from the French cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin. The works bear the signatures of Veremondo Rossi, Andrea Scacciati, Giuseppe Maria Terreni and also Violante Vanni, a rare case of Italian women's engagement in the cartographic field.
1763
BMC 76--Carta Rappresentante i Cinque Laghi del Canada, 1763
- This map was engraved by Andrea Scacciati and Giuseppe Pazzi for Il Gazzettiere Americano, published in Livorno in 1763. The map depicts all five of the Great Lakes although Lake Superior is only partially represented. It extends north and south beyond Lake Superior and Fort Duquesne, west to Green Bay, and east to include parts of New Jersey. The map identifies geographical features, various rivers, trading post, and fortifications. American Indian tribes are identified with Italianized names such as the “Irocchesi” and “Algonquini.” Niagara Falls is identified.
1763
BMC 79A--Plan de la Ville de Quebec, circa 1764
- Plan of the city of Quebec circa 1764. Cartographer is unknown but the map is based upon Jacques Bellin's map of the same period.
1764
BMC 52--Province of New Hampshire, 1730
- Map of the Province of New Hampshire with note "rec'd from Col. Dunbar with his letter to the Sec'y dated at Boston 2 May 1730." Notes "Charter Division Line between the Provinces 3 miles N[orth] of the Meremack River." David Dunbar (1728–1737) was a British military officer; as Surveyor of the King's Woods he made numerous enemies in his enforcement of regulations governing the cutting of trees that could be used as ship masts. He was the leader of an attempt to establish a colony named "Georgia" in what is now the central coast of Maine, and was in 1730 commissioned as lieutenant governor of the Province of New Hampshire in an attempt to strengthen his authority. He engaged in frequent disputes with New Hampshire's Governor Jonathan Belcher. He established Fort Frederick in Maine.
1730