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Title: Carte de la Siberie Et des Pays voisins: Pour servir à l'Histoire générale de Voyages Par le S. Ballin Ing? de la Marine
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: 18th-century map of Siberia by French cartographer Jaques Nicolas Bellin. From a copper engraving with decorative cartouche. Captions above and below state that it traces the route of Gmelin and Delisle from Moscow to Berezow. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Générale des Voyages".
Date Created: 1750
Call Number: Map 422a 1750

Title: An Accurate Map of North America Drawn from the Sieur Robert, with Improvements.
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: A mid-eighteenth century map of North America. The map is an English version of Giles Robert de Vaugondy's map of North America, engraved by George Rollos. Robert de Vaugondy's original map is entitled "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, et Divisée Suivant les Differentes Possessions des Européens". This revised version features a cartouche illustrated with scenes of Native American people and indigenous flora and fauna.
Date Created: 1759
Call Number: Map 600a 1759

Title: A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America.
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: 18th century map of British and French settlements in North America. Coloured map published in the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure 1755 vol 17 pp. 144-145. Inset: French settlement Fort Frederick at Crown Point, built 1731. Scale approx. 1:10,000,000. Title cartouche illustrated with images of ships.
Date Created: 1755
Call Number: Map 601a 175-

Title: North America From the French of Mr. D'Anville Improved with the Black Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio: Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Remarks
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Mid-18th century map of North America. Based on a French map by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Hand-coloured, Canada and French territories in yellow, Spanish settlements in green, and English Colonies in other colours. Scale: 1:6,500,000. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Top right corner of the map is missing, cutting out part of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Laurence. Includes extensive historical treatises outlining the"English Title to their Settlements on the Continent" as well as the "French Incroachments".
Date Created: 1755-05
Call Number: Map 601a 1755