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BMC 66--Nova Francia et Canada, circa 1597

This map is the first appearance of the name "Canada" on a printed map and the first map to focus on the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence. The map depicts Canada from just below Montreal (Iroquois settlement of Hochelaga) on the St. Lawrence, depicting the known regions of Canada at the end of the 16th Century. Prince Edward Island appears as the “Y. de S. Johan” and Newfoundland is shown as an archipelago with its Portuguese name, “Terra de Bacallaos” or “Land of Cod.”

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps

BMC 69--Plan of the Bay and Rivers of Penobscot and the Islands Lying There Commonly Called the Fox Islands [...], 1764

Map of Penobscot Bay, Penobscot River, Passamaquoddy River to the St. Croix surveyed by order of Governor Francis Bernard of Massachusetts. Includes area from Muscongus Bay to Deer Isle and Cobscook Bay and the islands of Isle Au Haut, Burnt Coat, Mount Desert, and Fox Islands (Vinalhaven and North Haven). Notes the route of Lieutenant Montresor between Quebec and Fort Halifax in 1761, and a "Road for Foot Men Only over Megunticook Mountain."

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps