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File:1853 Andrews Map of the Maritime Provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland - Geographicus - MaritimeProvinces-andrews-1853.jpg

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Creator:Israel de Wolf Andrews
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Map of the Eastern Portion of British North America including the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and part of the New England States Compiled from the latest Surveys and Charts, by Henry F. Perley for the Report of Israel D. Andrews, to Hon. Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury.
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English: A map of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edwards Island. Also includes much of Quebec and parts of New York and New England. Depicts from Quebec City and the mouth of the St. Lawrence River eastward to the Atlantic Provinces. Offers magnificent detail with regard to the towns, cities, and rivers systems of this area. Prepared by Henry Pearley for Israel D. Andrews’ Report to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Date 1853 (dated)
Dimensions height: 26 in (66 cm); width: 47 in (119.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,26U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,47U218593
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Geographicus link: MaritimeProvinces-andrews-1853
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Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1851, the Report of Israel D. Andrews, consul of the United States for Canada and New Brunswick on the Trade and Commerce of the British North American Colonies, and upon the Trade of the Great Lakes and Rivers; also, notices of the internal imporvements in each state, of the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida, and a Paper on the Cotton Crop of the United States., (1853 editon).

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