- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives
- Collection Philéas Gagnon. - 1546-1961
- Estampes. - [15-]-1909
- Estampes: Cartable 22 (42593-42624) . - [ca 1710]-1902
- Mercator's projection with the great circle (shortest sailing) or air lines illustrating the directness capacity of the river St Lawrence from lake Erie to the Atlantic as a means of communication between Europe and the commercial centres of the Great West shewing [sic] also the position of the Canadian Pacific Railway in relation to the commerce of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the extension of the American Pacific and other United States R'ways through Canada as the shortest route to Europe also the cable system of the Atlantic / Photo-lithographed by the Burland Desbarats lith Co. Montreal . - [ca 1885]
Mercator's projection with the great circle (shortest sailing) or air lines illustrating the directness capacity of the river St Lawrence from lake Erie to the Atlantic as a means of communication between Europe and the commercial centres of the Great West shewing [sic] also the position of the Canadian Pacific Railway in relation to the commerce of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the extension of the American Pacific and other United States R'ways through Canada as the shortest route to Europe also the cable system of the Atlantic / Photo-lithographed by the Burland Desbarats lith Co. Montreal . - [ca 1885]
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- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
- Dates
- [ca 1885] (indexed as 1885)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 carte : coul., entoilée ; 45 x 65 cm.
- Scope & content
- Cette projection de Mercator présente les modes de transport est-ouest existant en Amérique du Nord et permettant la jonction entre l'Europe, l'Asie et l'Océanie. Une première coupe afférente montre les dénivellations de la voie maritime du fleuve Saint-Laurent, depuis les Grands Lacs. Une seconde coupe présente les hauteurs atteintes respectivement par le Canadien Pacifique et l'American Central Pacific Railway, depuis la côte ouest jusqu'aux Grands Lacs. Le document est en anglais. La pièce porte les cotes 1G4456 et 42609.
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