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Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence... [cartographic material] The whole from a survey carried on under the direction of the honourable brigadier general Murray, governor of Quebec. Samuel Holland, William Spry, John Montresor, Joseph Peach, Lewis Fuzier, Peter Frederick Haldimand, Philip Pittman.

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[1761].

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Local class no.: H11/300/[1761], Box number: 2000209402, 2000717391--2000717412

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H11/300/[1761]

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4134060

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Quebec - Maps, Charts and Plans

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Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence...
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Date(s):

[1761].

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Place of creation:

Canada

Publisher:

Samuel Holland, William Spry, John Montresor, Joseph Peach, Lewis Fuzier, Peter Frederick Haldimand, Philip Pittman,

Extent:

1 map : ms. col. (23 sheets in 4 sections) ; each section 72.8 x 147.7 or smaller.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a manuscript map enhanced with watercolour of the St. Lawrence valley from Les Cèdres to cap Tourmente.

Includes a census of families and men able to bear arms for each village.
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Cartographer: Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

Cartographer: Montresor, John, 1736-1799

Cartographer: Spry, William

Cartographer: Peach, Joseph

Cartographer: Fusier, Lewis

Cartographer: Pittman, Philip

Cartographer: Haldimand, Peter Frederick, c.1741-1765

Originator: Murray, James, 1721-1794
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Known as the "Murray map".

Of the seven manuscript maps produced under this surveying project of the St. Lawrence valley (known as the "Murray Maps"), five have survived: two are preserved at Library and Archives Canada (the Board of Ordnance copy, described herein, and James Murray's personal copy - NMC 135035 to NMC 135078; 4134077); two at the British Library (George III and William Pitt's copies); and one at the Clements Library, University of Michigan (the said Thomas Gage copy).
There are four titles on this map:

1 - Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence which lies between the Coteau des Cedres, the uppermost settlements of Canada and the Island of St. Therese containing the Island of Montreal, Isle Jesus, Isle Bisare, Isle Perault, &c. the lakes of St. Louis, les deux Montagnes &c. formed by the River St. Lawrence, the City of Montreal, all the villages, [fortified posts], habitations, and cultivated country throughout the whole extent. The whole from a survey carried on under the [directions] of the honourable brigadier general Murray governour of Quebec &c.

2 - Continuation of the River Chaudiere from where it falls into the St. Lawrence as laid down on the lower plan to the village of St. Marie or Nouvelle Beauce and of the River Etchemin as far as the village of St. Henri with the road and communication from St. Henri to the ferry of Sartignan. Surveyed by Lieut. Haldimand of the Royal American Regt.

3 - Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence which lies between Dechambeaux and Pointe du Lac on the north shore, Lotbiniere and St. Therese on the south, in which the town of Trois Rivieres and all the villages, habitations, and cultivated country in that extent are accurately laid down. The whole from a survey carried on under the direction of the honour brigadier general Murray governour of Quebec.

4 - Plan of that part of Canada and the River St. Lawrence which lies between Cape Torment and Dechambeaux on the North shore, Point de la Caille and Lotbiniere on the South, in which the City of Quebec and all the villages, habitations and cultivated country in that extent are accurately laid down, with all the different places of landing and embarkation, the encampments, entrenchments, lines of battle and principal movements of the British and French armies while this country was a seat of war.
The whole from a survey carried under the direction of the honourable brigadier general Murray governour of Quebec &c.
Report for the year 1921 (1919 to 1921), Map Division, p. 11: "A detailed survey of the St. Lawrence, made by order of Governor Murray in the year 1760-1-2, presented by the Admiralty has also been received. It is virtually a replica of part of the map known as the Murray survey [NMC 17350], but being made in section bound together is more adaptable to reference [NMC 135035 to NMC 135078]."

Holmden, no. 272.

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Public Archives of Canada. Catalogue of maps, plans and charts in the map room of the Dominion archives / classified and indexed by H. R. Holmden in charge of map division pub by authority of the Secretary of State under the direction of the Archivist -- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau, 1912, no. 272, p. 32-33 and Appendix C, p. 597-625.

Jeffrey S. Murray, Terra Nostra. The Stories behind Canada's Maps, 1550-1950. From the collection of Library and Archives Canada. Sillery, Québec, Les éditions du Septentrion, Montréal and Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada and Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2006, p. 37-47.

James Gordon Shields, The Murray Map Cartographically Considered. A Study of General James Murray's Survey of the St. Lawrence River Valley in 1761, Kingston, Queen's University, Department of Geography, M.A. Thesis, 1980.

Nathaniel N. Shipton, "General James Murray's map of the St. Lawrence", The Cartographer, Vol. 4, No. 2, December 1967, pp. 93-101.

Betty Kidd, A Brief History of the National Map Collection at the Public Archives of Canada, Archivaria, no, 13 (winter 1981-1982, p. 5.

Stephen J. Hornsby, Surveyors of Empire. Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of the Atlantic Neptune, Montréal & Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.

Claude Boudreau, La cartographie au Québec, 1760-1840, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1994.

Raymonde Litalien, Jean-François Palomino, Denis Vaugeois, Mapping a Continent. Historical Atlas of North America, 1492-1814, Sillery, Québec, Les éditions du Septentrion, Montréal and Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007.

Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of Canada. Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps, Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2002 (revised edition 2015).

William Roy, The Great Map: the Military Survey of Scotland, 1747-1755, with introductory essays by Yolande Hodson, Chris Tabraham, and Charles Withers, Edinburgh, Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, London, British Library, 2007.

Gordon Shields, "General James Murray's Map of the St. Lawrence River Valley in 1761: A Cartographic Commentary", Bulletin, Association of Canadian Map Library and Archives (ACMLA), 48, 1983, p. 30-35.

John E. Crowley, Imperial Landscapes. Britain's Global Visual Culture, 1745-1820, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2011.

Treasures of the National Archives of Canada, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, Ottawa, National Archives of Canada, 1992.

Public Archives Canada, National Map Collection, General Guide Series 1983, Ottawa, Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985, p. 18.

Isabelle Charron, "L'acquisition des connaissances géographiques par les Britanniques au cours de la guerre de Sept Ans. Seconde partie : le territoire d'après le projet de Murray", Cap-aux-Diamants, no. 132, hiver 2018, p. 33-34.

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Scale 1:24,000

Availability of other formats note:

Microfiche: NMC17350.
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New France

Nouvelle-France - Cartes

Canada - Maps - Early works to 1800

Québec - cartes géographiques

Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763

Canada 1755-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans)
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Box [300 QUEBEC [1761]]

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2000209402;

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2000717391--2000717412;

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