Canada, Eastern
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing collectively with the area represented by the Atlantic Provinces, Ontario, and Québec Province.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique, 1782
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-065
Description
This rare map was issued just months after Cornwallis' defeat in Yorktown, Va. The copy displayed here, complete with inset plan of the battle of Yorktown and an elaborate cartouche, is the second state of the map. An additional inset in the lower right depicts the colonies from Massachusetts to Delaware, and illustrates the geography upon which Washington and Rochambeau's armies marched on the way to Yorktown. This map conveys the importance of France's assistance to the Americans during...
Dates:
1782
The United States of America laid down from the best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783, 1783
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 1
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-051
Description
Shows the 13 states, Louisiana, and parts of Canada and Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Decorative title cartouche.
Dates:
1783
