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Americae sive novi orbis, no va descriptio : [the new world, commonly called America]

• AM1594-: MAP 667
• Item
• 19--

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a 1606 printing of a map showing the Americas originally created in 1587. Sticker on back of map: "This unretouched reproduction faithfully presents the still vivid colours of a 1606 edition, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum,...

Map of the town of Coevorden (portion)

• AM247-: MAP 850
• Item
• [ca. 1560] (copied between 1973 and 1975)

Part of Adrien Mansvelt collection

Item is a reproduction of part of a map showing the location of the town of Coervorden, Netherlands and surrounding area.

van Deventer, Jacob

Zelfportret by Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg

• AM1576-S6-12-F24-: 2011-010.2653
• Item
• 1568 [reproduced 1986]

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Item is a photographic reproduction of Zelfportret by Isaac Claesz van Swanenburg.

Sicilian mill ca. 1600, the Mansell Collection

• AM1592-1-S5-F010-: 2011-092.2034
• Item
• [1583] (copied 1975)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

A portion of a map showing the coasts of Peru and Chile

• AM1594-: MAP 849
• Item
• [1588] (copied between 1973 and 1975)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a photographic reproduction of a portion of a map of the Americas, depicting the Pacific coasts of South America.

Water powered cane mill, West Indies

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0129
• Item
• [16--?] (copied 1977}

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

• AM1594-: MAP 848
• Item
• 1621 (copied between 1973 and 1975)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a geographical and hydrographical map of the world created in 1621.

17th Century Brazilian Sugar factory [1647]

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0125
• Item
• [1647] (copied 1977)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Sucreries du Bresil. Brasilise suyker werken

• AM1592-1-S1-F1-: 2011-092.3691
• Item
• [168-]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Item consists of a seventeenth century engraving of a sugar plantation in Brazil, including notes on various growing, harvesting and refining activities depicted.

A new map of the terraqueous globe

• AM1594-: MAP 835b
• Item
• [between 1689 and 1700]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a world map depicting the rough outlines of continents, rivers and other geographical features. The map is bordered with inset drawings and include the following dedication: "Dedicated to his Highness, William Duke of Gloucester".

A new map of the terraqueous globe

• AM1594-: MAP 835a
• Item
• [between 1689 and 1700]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a world map depicting the rough outlines of continents, rivers and other geographical features. The map is bordered with inset drawings and include the following dedication: "Dedicated to his Highness, William Duke of Gloucester".

Totius Americae

• AM1594-: MAP 846
• Item
• [ca. 1700?] (copied between 1973 and 1975)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a map depicting North American and South America.

18th Century Sicilian Sugar factory

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0126
• Item
• [17--?] (copied 1976)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

The Strode Family

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0120
• Item
• [ca. 1738] (copied 1977)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Engraving of cane mill

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.0130
• Item
• [175-]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Carte reduite des parties septentrionales du globe, situees, entre l'Ansie et l' Amerique, pour fervir a l'histoire generale des voyages

• AM1594-: MAP 832
• Item
• 1758

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map engraved by French cartographer M. Bellin showing eastern Asia and the northern part of North America, mainly Canada. Includes notes as to areas of the west coast of North America explored by the Russians in 1728 and 1741, the explor...

Sugar refining engravings from Diderot. Pl. I, [plate 1] OEconomie Rustique, Sucrerie

• AM1592-1-S1-F1-: 2011-092.0001
• Item
• [1772]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Sugar refining engravings from Diderot. Pl. II, [plate 2] OEconomie Rustique, Sucrerie

• AM1592-1-S1-F1-: 2011-092.0002
• Item
• [1772]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Sugar refining engravings from Diderot. Pl. IV, [plate 4] OEconomie Rustique, Sucrerie

• AM1592-1-S1-F1-: 2011-092.0003
• Item
• [1772]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Sugar refining engravings from Diderot. Pl. VI, [plate 6] OEconomie Rustique, Affinerie des Sucres

• AM1592-1-S1-F1-: 2011-092.0004
• Item
• [1772]

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

The asiatic part of the Russian empire

• AM1594-: MAP 856
• Item
• Mar. 1772

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map sheet which appears to be a part of a map of Russia. The sheet depicts the area immediately around Lake Baikal, to the north coast and east to the Pacific, including the islands of the north-west Pacific.

The Russian discoveries from the map published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg

• AM54-S13-: MAP 1056
• Item
• Mar. 2, 1775

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a map showing the locations of Russian exploration discoveries around the Pacific coast, as well as some discoveries by other explorers such as Juan de Fuca and Sir Francis Drake. Area shown includes Russia, China, Japan, Northern Ocean, P...

Carte de la cote N.O. de l' Amerique et de la cote N.E. de l'Asie

• AM1594-: MAP 541
• Item
• [1780 or after]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing the north west coast of America and the north east coast of Asia. Inset maps shows the entrance to Nootka Sound.

Carta de las costas reconocidas al Norueste de la California

• AM1594-: MAP 853-: LEG1830.5
• Item
• [178-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a map depicting the coast north of Spanish holdings in California.

Kaart van de noord-west kust van Amerika en de noord-oost kust van Asia

• AM1594-: MAP 842
• Item
• [178-?] (copied between 1973 and 1975)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing the north Pacific Ocean, including the north west coast of North America and the north east coast of Asia.

Carte de la riviere de Cook dans la partie N.O. de l'Amerique

• AM1594-: MAP 542
• Item
• [178-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a nautical chart showing "Cook's River" [Cook Inlet, Alaska]; the inset chart shows Oonalaska Island and gives soundings for "Samganoodha harbour" and the waters around the island.

North part of the great sea, Pacific Ocean

• AM1594-: MAP 852
• Item
• [178-?], (copied 197-?)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a sketch map of the Pacific coast of North American from C. St. Elias in the north to San Blas in the south.

Bottom left plate

• AM1594-: MAP 854-: LEG1153.013
• Part
• June 1, 1781

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part depicts text and accompanying diagram on "the art of dialing by a common globe", a chart of universal scale, a map of the world using Mercator's projection, a map of the southern half of the Americans, descriptions of the vario...

Dunn, Samuel

Bottom right plate

• AM1594-: MAP 854-: LEG1153.014
• Part
• June 1, 1781

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part depicts the right-hand side of a map of the lunar surface viewable from Earth, a chart of the Analemma, a chart and accompanying text entitled "the vicissitude of seasons explained", a chart and accompanying text on "the art of...

Dunn, Samuel

Top left plate

• AM1594-: MAP 854-: LEG1153.011
• Part
• June 1, 1781

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part depicts the upper left hand quadrant of the map, and includes a diagram of the solar system, a table of dimensions of bodies in the solar system, a chart of constellations viewable in the northern hemisphere, text on geographical definiation...

Dunn, Samuel

Top right plate

• AM1594-: MAP 854-: LEG1153.012
• Part
• June 1, 1781

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part depicts a chart of the astronomical latitude & longitude analemma, a table showing values of the place of the sun in the ecliptic & declinatiobn, a chart of the constellations viewable in the southern hemisphere, text on geographical ...

Dunn, Samuel

Chart of the n.w. coast of America and n.e. coast of Asia explored in the years 1778 and1779

• AM1594-: MAP 675
• Item
• 1784 (reprinted 2003)

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a re-printed version of a geographical map of the territories bordering on the northern Pacific.

A general chart: exhibiting the discoveries made by Capt. James Cook

• AM54-S13-: LEG1801.030
• Item
• [1785?] (copied 195-?)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Top left plate

• AM1594-: MAP 855-: LEG1153.133
• Part
• [ca. 1785]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part is the top left hand quadrant of a map of the Americas, and depicts North America and the north-west portion of South America. The sheet also includes a list of territories and islands in North America and appears to relate to territorial div...

Top right plate

• AM1594-: MAP 855-: LEG1153.134
• Part
• [ca. 1785]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Part is the top right portion of a map of the Americas, and depicts the north-eastern portion of the Canadian coast, the eastern portion of the West Indies, the north-east corner of South America and the coastal areas of south-west Europe and wese...

North America

• AM1594-: MAP 290
• Item
• Sep. 29, 1787

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing portions of North American, including New Mexico, Louisiana, and Canada territories; the United States; and Native American tribal areas. The United States is depicted as their pre-revolutionary status and no international bo...

Portrait of George Vancouver

• AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1673
• Item
• [179-?] (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

North America

• AM1594-: MAP 834
• Item
• [between 1791 and 1803]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing Canada, Lower Canada, the United States, Florida and western North America. The map depicts physical features, towns, and aboriginal tribes.

Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia

• AM1594-: MAP 853-: LEG1830.3
• Item
• Jan. 1, 1794

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Roberts, Lieut. Henry, R.N.

Carta esferica de los reconocimientos hechos en 1782 en la costa n.o. de America para examinar la Entrada de Juan de Fuca, y la internacion de sus canales navegables

• AM1594-: MAP 836
• Item
• 1795 [photocopied between 1973 and 1975]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map shows the discoveries made in 1792 on the north-west coast of North American by examining Juan de Fuca Strait and the corresponding navigable channels, prepared for Dionisio Galiano and Captain Valdes, naval captains of the Royal (Spanish) Fle...

Charte Von America

• AM1594-: MAP 543
• Item
• 1796

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map depicting North America and South America and the boundaries between territories in 1776.

Carte particuliere de la cote du Nord-Ouest de l' Amerique reconnue par les fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786, 2e. feuille

• AM1594-: MAP 1154
• Item
• 1797

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing the Pacific Coast of British Columbia and Washington and Oregon states as surveyed by French explorer Jean-Francois de Galaup (Laperouse) in 1786, and the routes of his ships Astrolabe and Boussole. The map shows the Pacific ...

A chart showing part of the Coast of N.W. America

• AM54-S13-: LEG1801.084
• Item
• May 1, 1798 (copied 196-?)

Part of Major Matthews collection

Item is a copy of a plate from the atlas of charts of George Vancouver's explorations of the north-west coast of North America (see MAP 595 for originals).

Chart of the coasts of America and Asia

• AM1594-: MAP 853-: LEG1830.6
• Item
• [Nov. 1, 1798?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Chart of part of the northwest coast of America explored by the Boussole & Astrolabe

• AM1594-: MAP 853-: LEG1830.7
• Item
• [Nov. 1, 1798?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Carte de la parte de la cote nord-ouest de l'Amerique : recconnue pendant les etes de 1792, 1793 and 1794, depuis 29D 54' de Latitude Nord et 244D 33' de Longitude Orientale, jusqu'au Cap Douglas par 58D 52' de Latitude et 207D 20' de Longitude, par le Ca

• AM1594-: MAP 1151
• Item
• 1799

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Map shows the Pacific Coast from Prince William Sound in the north though the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, Port S. Francisco and Sn. Diego to Sn. Domingo in the south.

[Loggers]

• AM1385-: CVA 1385-22
• Item
• [18--?]

Part of O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds

Item is photograph of four loggers with large felled tree.

Carta esferica de los reconocimientos hechos en la costa No. de America des de la parte en que empiezan a angoftar de Juan de Fuca hafta la salidade las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana

• AM1594-: MAP 837
• Item
• 19--

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a reproduction of a map depicting the Spanish explorations of the north-west coast of North American in 1795, specifically depicting the northern end of Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland. Illustrations are views of the entrance to...

Drawing of multiple effet [evaporator]

• AM1592-1-S1-F13-: 2011-092.3882
• Item
• [18--] (copied 1977?)

Part of The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds

Vue de diverses parties de la côte nord-ouest d'Amérique

• AM1594-: MAP 1156
• Item
• [1800?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a graphical plate from an atlas, showing views of Cape Mendocino, Cape Orford, Grenville Point, the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca and the coastline south of Cape Flattery. The item is a plate from a French reprinting of "A V...