Physical and Climatic Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Good. Light creasing along fold lines and in margins. Slightly uneven toning and light foxing in margins. Loss at bottom-left corner. Size 21.25 x 32.5 Inches. An impressive large-format map of the 'Prairie Provinces' of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, produced in 1924 by the Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Canadian Department of the Interior. It both reflected and aided the transformation of these provinces from frontiers inhabited mostly by indigenous people to farmland, settled by Europeans and their descendants, crisscrossed by railways. A Closer Look Coverage includes the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta to the 58th Parallel north, with portions of neighboring provinces and U.S. states. Information relevant for agriculture is recorded, including lines indicating yearly precipitation and the length of the growing season, shading demonstrating elevation, and green lines to delineate prairie, grove belt, and bush country. In addition, survey lines, cities and towns, railways (mostly belonging to the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific), waterways, and other features are marked out in considerable detail. Reserves of land, set aside for national parks, forests, mining, or native peoples (Indian Reserves, abbreviated 'I.R.') are also noted. Outside of the Indian Reserves, indigenous peoples had a degree of rights on most of the land seen here according to a series of treaties (Numbered Treaties) brokered in the late 19th and early 20th century, though these treaties did allow the Crown to utilize lands for railways, mining, and other purposes deemed to be in the public interest. European-descended settlers were initially small in number and primarily interested in trading and extracting resources, such as furs and coal, but farmers arrived in greater numbers in the late 19th century, railways proliferated, and cities, especially Edmonton and Calgary, began to appear. Publication History and Census This map was produced by the Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Canadian Department of the Interior in 1924. A stamp at bottom-right indicates that it was sold by C. S. Hammond and Co. in Boston. The map is fairly well represented in institutional collections, being held by about twenty institutions worldwide, but has no known history on the market. References: OCLC 44747674. …

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Title
Physical and Climatic Map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Author
1924 Natural Resources Intelligence Service Map of Canadian Prairie Provinces
Publication year
1924
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CANADA-MAPS

Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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