S3.
Palliser Map
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A Section of a General Map of the Routes in British North America
Explored by the Expedition Under Captain Palliser (1865)
The final map in Palliser’s Report is one of the most visually
attractive
and most significant maps ever published of the area From Lake Superior
to
the Pacific Ocean. Material from it was often incorporated in other
maps
in future years. A very clearly conceived map, it is carefully
organized,
coping gracefully and seemingly effortlessly with a tremendous amount
of
information. Perhaps a considerable part of the credit for this map
should
go to Stanford’s Geographical Establishment, which produce it.
The map shows
the gross natural patterns of the interior extraordinarily effectively.
The
three prairie steppes, and the great vegetation, climatic, and land
capability
divisions, including the Fertile Belt for which Palliser is so famous,
are
all clearly delineated. Many of the major relief features are
exaggerated.
Geologic features are usually mentioned in descriptive annotations
printed
on the body of the map, and there are also interpretive remarks such as
the
reference to the Ancient Lake bottom in the Red River Plain. Some
cultural
features are shown, the population of Fort Garry is given, and there
are
very many Place names. There are errors of location, amounting to over
10
miles in some instances, but by and large the main features are
accurately
enough related to one another so that one is not bothered by these
mistakes.
The map does tie together a tremendous amount of material on the West
in
an appealing format. It is truly a masterful example of the
cartographer’s
craft.
(Warkentin and Ruggles. Historical Atlas of Manitoba. map 93, p. 224)
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A General Map of the Routes in British North America Explored by the
Expedition
under Captain Palliser, During the Years 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860.
Compiled
from the Observations and Reports of Captain Palliser and his Officers,
including
the Maps constructed by Dr. Hector, and other authentic documents. 1865.
Scale 1 inch to 14.5 miles. Routes are in red. Produced by
Stanford’s Geographical
Estab. London. The map was issued with the index to Captain
Palliser’s Reports.
Printed in Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers. Index and Maps to
Captain
Palliser’s Reports, Showing The Date of Each Journey, the Route,
and the
Page in which it is described in the Copies of the Reports laid before
Parliament
on the 19th May 1863. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command
of
Her Majesty. 1865. London: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode,
1865. |
