Engraved map, hand-colored in outline. On four sheets, each approx. 64x81 cm (25¼x21¾"); backed with linen & sectioned for folding, with original marbled boards slipcase with label of James Wyld.
Large, detailed and very rare map of much of the settled portions of Canada and adjoining portions of the U.S., with large insets of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the banks of the St. Lawrence River; the Frontier of Niagara; the Grand Lakes; Newfoundland; etc. This is the second of seven editions of the map, and undoubtedly the rarest - OCLC/WorldCat lists only the copy at the New York Public Library, and Warren Heckrotte notes that "Ed Dahl says that copy in Canadian Archives and this copy are only located copies of this state."
Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte
Full title: A Map of Cabotia; Comprehending The Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New-Brunswick And Nova-Scotia, with Breton Island, Newfoundland, &c. And Including also, The Adjacent Parts of the United States. Compiled from a great Variety of Original Documents. By John Purdy | Improved Edition, with Additions | London; Published 1st. Septr. 1821, by Richard H. Laurie, No. 53, Fleet Street | [imprint in lower margin of NE sheet:] Published, 12th October, 1814, by Jas. Whittle and Rd. Holmes Laurie, No. 53, Fleet Street, London | Scale [3 linear scales] | [inset 1:] General Sketch of the Great Lakes, &c. | [inset 2:] Environs of Quebec || [inset 3:] The Banks of the River St. Laurence, from the Isle of Orlean to Lake St. Francis, at an enlarged scale | [inset 4:] Continuation of Hudson's River to New York | [inset 5:] The Province of Nova-Scotia, with Part of New Brunswick, &c. Principally from Surveys Made by His Majesty's Officiers and Surveyors | [inset 6:] Harbour of St. John, New Brunswick | [inset 7:] Harbour of Halifax | [inset 8:] Island of Newfoundland | [inset 9:] Environs of St. Johns Newfoundland |
Provenance: Holmes, 5/76
There are seven editions of this map : 1814, 1821, 1825, 1828 May 15, 1828 June 4, 1838, 1850.
References: Malinski, "Purdy's Map of Cabotia" in Exploration in the History of Canadian Mapping, pp 133-144, ( Rep ). Stevens - Tree 8(b). Karpinski 28 (note). Verner, Stuart-Stubbs, no 14, 2nd 1828 ed reproduced.