Plan of Quebec and Adjacent Country Shewing the Principal Encampments and Works of the British & French Armies during the Siege by General Wolfe in 1759. Reduced fro the M.S.S. Map of Capt. J.B. Glegg by John Melish. Engd. by H.S. Tanner. (1824)
Engraved. Meridians Washington and London. Engraved view of Quebec from Point Levi. Relief shown by hachures. Detailed listing of which officers did which parts of the survey. List of military units and points of interest keyed to map. Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps ar...
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| Summary: | Engraved. Meridians Washington and London. Engraved view of Quebec from Point Levi. Relief shown by hachures. Detailed listing of which officers did which parts of the survey. List of military units and points of interest keyed to map. Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps are from the second edition of the Military and Topographical Atlas, but not including the two general maps of the northern and southern states and the coast. Also present are Melish's map of the U.S. to accompany Maclure's Geology, several maps of foreign countries by Carey maps of the West Indies by Lucas, and many maps by unknown makers, including one of Ross' arctic discoveries. "The map of the Country Belonging to the Cherokee and Creek Indians From the Original Drawing in the War Department" by Melish is a later edition and title than the one appearing in the Military and Topographical Atlas (see P1347 to compare). May have been published by A.T. Goodrich who acquired much of Melish's material after his death, or Robert Desilver who acquired the Carey maps. Atlas is bound in half leather, brown paper covered boards, with "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. P6053. |
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