Subseries - North America

17 maps

The “North America” sub-series consists of maps of North America published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The maps were enclosed in a folder (Map 75) (dated 1840) advertising various map series produced by the Society. The first 14 items were published as part of the British North American and United States component of “A Series of Maps, Modern and Ancient,” engraved by J. & C. Walker and published for the Society by Baldwin & Cradock. An 1843 Map of North America (Map 91) was also included in this folder and has been described as part of the unit. The sub-series did not originally contain Sheet III of the series of maps. A negative reproduction of Sheet III, however, was included in a group of seemingly randomly selected reproduction included with the greater “Maps and plans” series. Thus, this negative reproduction has been included in this series to account for the missing original. Annotations on the maps suggest they were collected by Eliza Simcoe.