This large beautifully engraved
hand coloured original antique map of the St Lawrence
River, Canada was
published by John Harrison in 1780.
In 1535 two Indian youths told Jacques Cartier about the
route to "Kanata." They were referring to the village of
Stadacona; Kanata was simply the Huron-Iroquois word for
village or settlement. This modest, generic name stuck.
Cartier used "Canada" to refer to the entire area
subject to its chief, Donnacona. The name was soon
applied to a much larger area: maps in 1547 designated
everything north of the St. Lawrence River as "Canada."
Cartier also called The St. Lawrence River the "Riviere
de Canada," a name used until the early 1600s. By 1616,
although the entire region was formally known as New
France, the area along the great river was still called
Canada.
Explorers and fur traders opened up territory to the
west and to the south and the area depicted as Canada
grew. In the early 1700s the name referred to all lands
in what is now the American Midwest and as far south as
present day Louisiana. The first use of "Canada" as an
official name came in 1791 when the Province of Quebec
was divided into the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada.
In 1841, the two Canadas were again united under one
name, the Province of Canada. At the time of
Confederation in 1867, the new country assumed the title
The Dominion of Canada. There were only four provinces
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. There
are now ten provinces and three territories.
(Ref:
M&B; Tooley)
General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy & stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: - Early
Colors used: - Green, yellow
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 21in x
16 1/2in (535mm x
420mm)
Plate size: -
18in x
14in (460mm x
355mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - Folds as issued
Verso: -
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