From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
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22 x 28 cm page with 13 x 22 cm coloured map taped to 32 x 38 cm cardboard frame. Map has poorly repaired tear through descriptive key, not in plan itself. An important early map of Toronto, at the time called York. Shows how the early town is laid out with streets in checkerboard pattern near the harbour. Also identifies the location of the garrison and blockhouse, the first map of Toronto to do so. Indicates where H.M.S. Anandaga schooner was wrecked before being raised by Lt. Joseph Bouchette and where it was again grounded. Dotted lines show the breaking of ice in spring. William Faden was an English cartographer and a publisher of maps who became royal geographer to King George III. Seller Inventory # 142408
Bibliographic Details
Title: Plan of York Harbour
Publisher: W. Faden, London
Publication Date: 1815
Condition: Good
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