Collection search - Mercators projection with the great circle shortest sailing or air lines, illustrating the directness and capacity of the River St. Lawrence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic, as a means of communication between Europe and the commercial centre of the Great West. Showing the extension of the Northern Pacific Railway route through Canada, to the nearest Atlantic seaport at Montreal. [cartographic material] / Prepared for the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris exhibition by Thos. C. Keefer, C.E., Montreal 1855 ; C. Mathews Lith, Montreal.
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Mercators projection with the great circle shortest sailing or air lines, illustrating the directness and capacity of the River St. Lawrence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic, as a means of communication between Europe and the commercial centre of the Great West. Showing the extension of the Northern Pacific Railway route through Canada, to the nearest Atlantic seaport at Montreal. [cartographic material] / Prepared for the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris exhibition by Thos. C. Keefer, C.E., Montreal 1855 ; C. Mathews Lith, Montreal.
Hierarchical level:ItemDate:1855.Reference:R11981-363-9-E, Volume number: 241Item no. (creator):Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 241.Local class no.:H2/1000/1855Type of material:Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3912392Context of this record: -
Record information – Details Date(s):1855.Place:Montreal:Place of creation:CanadaPublisher:C. Mathews,Extent:1 map : b.& w. ; 57 x 88 cm on sheet 60 x 90 cm.Language of material:EnglishProvenance:Additional information:Varying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.: -
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