Print preview Close

Showing 811 results

Archival description
Item
Print preview Hierarchy
Card view Table view
80 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Arctic Regions. 1680 Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696 A map of the North Pole and the parts adjoining. Oxon, At the Theater, MDCLXXX. Has two coloured illustrations: one of a family in Eskimo dress and the other of fishermen harpooning a whale. Inset map at top right is of Nova Zembla [Zembia?] Has note: In the Philosophical Transactions of ao. 1674, no. 101, there is set down a description of Nova Zembla as it was sent to the Royal Society from a Russian merchant and discovered by order of the Grand Czaar, but there being not joyned to it either longitude latitude or other measure, we thought it better to follow the two newest maps. One printed at Amsterdam 1678 the other at Nuremberg 1679 and to place this by itself which shews it not an island but joyned with the continent at the letter K." Map dedicated to the Right Honble. Charles FitzCharles, Earle of Plymouth ... Taken from vol. 1 of Pitt's English Atlas published under Royal patronage in 1680. The Atlas bankrupted Pitt; only
87-001/HMC13 · Item · 1680
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Northwest Coast of North America and Russia, Northeastern. De la Rochette, L.S. Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779. Prepared by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the immediate inspection of Capt. Cook. London: published by Wm Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross, July 24, 1784. 2nd ed. published January 1, 1794. [Advertisement below title:] The interesting discoveries made by British and American ships, since the first publication of this chart in 1784, together with the hydrographical materials lately procured from St. Petersburg and other places, have enabled Mr. De la Rochette to lay down the numerous improvements which appear in the present edition. Charing Cross, January 1, 1808. W. Faden
87-001/HMC12 · Item · 1808
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Canada, Eastern. 1556? Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565 La Nuova Francia. [Venice? 1556?]. Coloured. 10.6 x 15 in. Map engraved on wood. Drawn by Gastaldi from material supplied by H. Franscatore. Coloured illustrations surrounding the map of Indians carrying on various activities. In top left corner: "424"; top right corner "425". Taken from vol. 3 of Ramusio's Navigation et Viaggi, Venice, 1556?. [Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1517]
87-001/HMC08 · Item · [1556?]
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Montreal (Que.). Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565 La Terra de Hochelage nella Nova Francia. Second ed. [Venice? 1565?] Woodcut plan of the town of Hochelaga as described by Cartier who visited in 1535. One of earlier printed maps of Canada and the first one ever to use "Montreal" as a name, printed here as "Monte Real". Illustrations show the Indigenous village and stockade and meeting the French. Printed at top left corner: "446"; top right corner: "447" Taken from vol. 3 of Ramusio's Navigationi et Viaggi, Venice, 1565. [Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1517]
87-001/HMC07 · Item · 1565
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Canada, Eastern. 1565? Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565 La Nuova Francia. [2. ed. Venice? 1565?] Black and white. 10.6 x 15 in. Map engraved on wood. Drawn by Gastaldi from material supplied by H. Franscatore. Illustrations surrounding the map of Indians carrying on various activities. In top left corner: "424"; top right corner "425". Taken from vol. 3 of Ramusio's Navigation et Viaggi, Venice, 1565?. [Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1517]
87-001/HMC04 · Item · [1565?]
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Montreal (Que.). Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565 La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia. [Venice? 1556?]. Woodcut plan of the town of Hochelaga as described by Cartier who visited in 1535. One of earlier printed maps of Canada and the first one ever to use "Montreal" as a name, printed here as "Monte Real". Illustrations show the Indian village and stockade and the Indians meeting the French. Printed at top left corner: "446"; top right corner: "447". Taken from vol. 3 of Ramusio's Navigationi et Viaggi, Venice, 1556. [Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1517]
87-001/HMC03 · Item · 1556
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Hudson Bay. 1757 Bellin, Jacques Nicholas, 1703-1772 Carte de la Baye Hudson pour servira l'Histoire generale des voyages echelle de lieues communes de France par M. B.[ellin] Ingr. de la Marine, 1757. Coloured. 9 x 12 in. In upper left corner "Tome 14 in 4 No. 14"; in top right corner: "tome 14 in 8 Page 191". From: Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de, 1682-1761. Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France. Map no. ? See M. Bellin's introduction on maps in vol. III of Charlevoix
87-001/HMC01 · Item · 1757
Part of Robert Lloyd Hunter collection
Birdsall Collection of Bookbinders' Finishing Tools / Emrys Evans & Rachel Grover. -- 1972. -- Toronto : Department of Rare Books & Special Collections [publisher]
86-1001 · Item · 1972

These items are copies of the exhibit catalogue for The Birdsall Collection of Bookbinders' Finishing Tools by Emrys Evans and Rachel Grover of the University of Toronto, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1972. One copy is signed by the authors.

 Birdsall Collection of Bookbinders' Finishing Tools / Emrys Evans & Rachel Grover
The Old Doctor / C.P. Traill. -- 1st ed. -- Edited by Jean Murray Cole. -- Peterborough : Hutchison House Museum booklet
86-1000 · Item · 1985

This item is a booklet published by Hutchison House Museum, Peterborough, containing The Old Doctor written by Catharine Parr Traill and introduced by Jean Murray Cole. "The Old Doctor" (1985) was probably written between 1835 and 1840 when John Hutchison, a native of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, was practising medicine in Peterborough, Upper Canada.
Ross Munroe Matthews manuscript
86-012 · Item · 1981

This item is a bound, unpublished manuscript containing 7 photographs and 2 coloured post cards of Silver Islet. The manuscript contains the reminiscences of Ross Munroe Matthews about his family and friends.

 Matthews, Ross Munroe
Meeting of the Delegates from the several Presbyterian
84-009 · Item · 1837

This broadside addresses the resolutions as upheld by the authority of the Church of Scotland as prior to the Act of Union and objected to the recognition and exclusive rights of the Church of England in Canada.

 Meeting of the Delegates from the several Presbyterian
Peterborough Lift Lock Opening photograph
83-1017 · Item · 9 July 1904

This photograph is of the opening of the hydraulic lift lock on the Trent Canal at Peterborough, Ontario, July 9, 1904.

 Peterborough Lift Lock
Presenting the Fathers of Confederation, 1867, photograph
83-1013 · Item · 1 July 1927

This is a photograph of Peterborough residents representing the Fathers of Confederation during the town's Diamond Jubilee Celebration, July 1st, 1927. The names of the actors in the photograph are portrayed at the bottom of the photograph as well as the name of the person they were portraying.

 Fathers of Confederation
Walter Nichol Davidson family photograph
83-1008 · Item · ca. 1890

The fonds consists of one photograph depicting the Davidson family having a picnic at a residence in Brighton, Ontario in the late 19th century.

 Walter Nichol Davidson family
Opera House (Peterborough, Ontario) photograph
83-1007 · Item · 14 Mar. 1913

Photograph depicts the audience watching a performance of "Ileen Allanna" 14 March 1913 at the Opera House located on George Street in Peterborough, Ontario.

 Opera House (Peterborough, Ontario)
World War I photograph album
83-1002 · Item · [between 1910 and 1920]

This album contains photographs of Canadian soldiers from World War I, the monument to Edith Cavell and a Canadian troop train.