Collection of Early Canadian Maps (1556 to 1857)
In 1971-72 Dr. William Howard Pugsley, donated his collection of early Canadian maps that he had collected during the late 1930s and World War II. The collection of 50 historical maps published between 1556 to 1857 helps to explain the discovery and exploration of early North America. The W. H. Pugsley Collection in the McLennan Library at McGill University now contains more than 6,000 rare books and historical maps dating from 1556 to the 1940s. McGill University has provided web acess to digital scans of the 50 Early Canadian historical Maps.
The W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps include:
- 1556 Map – La Nuova Francia / Giacomo Gastaldi
- 1597 Map – Nova Francia et Canada 1597 / Cornelius Wytfliet
- 1630 Map – Nova Francia et regiones adiacentes / Joannes de Laet
- 1650 Map – Mar del Nort / Jan Jansson
- 1656 Map – Le Canada ou Nouvelle France / Nicolas Sanson
- 1661 Map – Carta particolare della terra nuoua / Robert Dudley
- 1662 Map – Extrema Americae versus boream / Joan Blaeu
- 1664 Map – Le Canada faict par le Sr. de Champlain / Pierre Duval
- 1666 Map – America septentrionalis / Jan Jansson
- 1666 Map – Pas-caerte van Terra Nova, Nova Francia / Joannes van Loon
- 1667 Map – Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France &c. / Nicolas Sanson
- 1670 Map – A chart of the coast of America / John Seller
- 1675 Map – Terra Nova ac maris tractus circa Novam Franciam / Frederick de Wit
- 1685 Map – Pascaarte vande Noorder Zee custen van America / Joannes van Keulen
- 1689 Map – Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France / Vincenzo Coronelli
- 1689 Map – A chart of ye North part of America / John Thornton
- 1692 Map – Canada orientale nell’ America settentrionale / Vincenzo Coronelli
- 1695 Map – Pas-Kaart, vande zee kusten van Terra Nova / Johannes van Keulen
- 1696 Map – Le Canada, ou, Partie de la Nouvelle / Nicolas Sanson
- 1708 Map – Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France / Guillaume de L’Isle
- 1713 Map – Canada, ou, Nouvelle France / Pieter van der Aa
- 1719 Map – Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France / Henri A Chatelain
- 1719 Map – Canada ou Nouvelle France / Allain Manesson-Mallet
- 1730 Map – Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France / Guillaume de L’Isle
- 1745 Map – A description of the Bay of Fundy / Nanthaniel Blackmore
- 1745 Map – Carte nouvelle contenant la partie d’Amerique / Nicolaes Visscher
- 1746 Map – A new chart of the coast of New England / Thomas Jefferys
- 1750 Map – Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France / Matthaeus Seutter
- 1754 Map – Carte réduite du golphe de St. Laurent / Jacques Nicolas Bellin
- 1754 Map – Carte physique des terreins les plus élevés / Philippe Buache
- 1755 Map – Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France / Jacques Nicolas Bellin
- 1755 Map – Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France / Homann Erben
- 1755 Map – Partie de l’Amerique septent? / Gilles Robert de Vaugondy
- 1756 Map – Vorstellung einiger Gegenden und Plaetze / Homann Erben
- 1762 Map – Canada, Louisiane, possessions / Didier Robert de Vaugondy
- 1763 Map – New Found Land, St. Laurence Bay / Herman Moll
- 1769 Map – Partie du Canada ou se trouvent le Fleuve St. Laurent / Didier Robert de Vaugondy
- 1769 Map – L’Acadie / Didier Robert de Vaugondy
- 1769 Map – Nieuwe kaart van Kanada / Isaac Tirion
- 1775 Map – An exact chart of the river St. Laurence / Thomas Jefferys
- 1775 Map – A chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence / Thomas Jefferys
- 1778 Map – America Septentrionalis concinnata / Georg Friedrich Lotter
- 1778 Map – Partie de l’Amerique septent / Gilles Robert de Vaugondy
- 1778 Map – La parte occidentale della Nuova Francia / Antonio Zatta
- 1778 Map – Parte orientale del Canada, Nuova Scozia / Antonio Zatta
- 1780 Map – Figure de la Terre Neuve, Grande riviere de Canada / Marc Lescarbot
- 1797 Map – British Colonies in North America / John Wilkes
- 1814 Map – North America / John Thomson
- 1857 Map – East Canada and New Brunswick / John Rapkin
All links above point to map scans at 72 DPI, 300 DPI images are also available for download and can be found here.
[Originally published May 2015]
