Dawson's Map of the Dominion of Canada Chelsea John Rocque (c

John Rocque (c

Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text’

Cartusia Vallis Pisii

containing the calendar

with a lucrative Ordnance Survey contract

Dawson's Map of the Dominion of Canada Chelsea John Rocque (cThis map of the Dominion of Canada was made by John Bartholomew & Son for Dawson Brothers. It features insets of the environs of Montreal, Newfoundland, Manitoba and an extension of the map to the Pacific (British Colombia and Manitoba). A first edition was published in 1870, followed by a second in 1872. Condition & Materials Lithographed folding map, printed area measures 58. 5 x 84. 5 cm, dissected into 32 panels and laid on linen, minor wear.