W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps (1556 to 1857)

Early Canadian Maps - 1857 Map – East Canada and New Brunswick

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
1643 Map – Description de la Nouvelle France / Jean Boisseau
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 zeekusten 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