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John Rapkin: Map of West Canada, 1851
John Rapkin: Map of West Canada, 1851
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  • Map: West Canada
  • Cartographer: John Rapkin
  • Illustrator: H. Warren, H.
  • Publisher: John Tallis & Company
  • Published: London and New York, 1851
  • Size: 10 x 13 inches

    Extremely clean, authentic antique map of West Canada, c1851. Original outline color with hand colored bodies of water. Features three finely engraved vignettes drawn and engraved by H. Warren: Falls of Niagara (scene); Kingston and Indians. Shows all of Lakes Erie and Ontario, most of Lake Huron and all of Georgian Bay. Map depicts area from 74 degrees longitude in the east to 84 degrees in the west, and from 42 degrees latitude in the south to 47 degrees in the north. Shows as far east as Brandon County (Montreal); west as far as Cockburn Island; south as far as the bottom of Lake Erie, and as far north as Ft. William.

    John Rapkin (1815-1876) was a nineteenth century map maker and engraver, best known for his work on the Illustrated Atlas of the World 1849-53 for John Tallis and Co. noted for their beautifully decorative borders and later re-issued by the London Printing and Publishing Co. London and New York.

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