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Title: Disputed territory in North America

Contributors:

Alternate titles

  • Disputed territory in North America / drawn in transfer lithography by L.J. Hebert.

Dates

  • Coverage: 1839
  • Coverage: 1839 to 1842

Summary

1 map : hand col. ; 77 x 96 cm

Relief shown by hachures.

Shows disputed boundaries claimed by Great Britain and U.S. in Maine, New Brunswick and Quebec.

Shows roads, rivers including portages, county boundaries, British posts, United States posts, and mountains.

Annotations show boundary given by the King of Holland, British posts and United States posts.

"Drawn in Transfer Lithography by L.J. Hebert, and Printed the Lithographic Establishment, Quarter Master Generals Office Horse Guards. June 1839."

Date from note on map "Conventional line as agreed upon by Lord Ashburton and Mr. Daniel Wedster, 1842."

Subjects

  • Boundary disputes Maps.
  • Manuscript maps.
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • North America
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-72.28,-65.95,48.21,44.7)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Lithographic Establishment, Quarter Master Generals Office Horse Guards. Disputed territory in North America. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003287535/39015091196769

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng