New to our digital catalogue: A new map of the Island of Barbadoes by Phillip Lea (1666-1700) published in1682. If you’re planning on using it for navigation pay attention – the top of the map faces west rather than the usual north. 
You can download the map from our catalogue or you can see come see the original by visiting the Rare Book and Special Collections reading room during opening hours.
Map of the Island of Montreal prepared by J. Rielle in 1892. Cadastral map showing in detail land owners’ homes and locations. Hand coloured and mounted on cloth backing. Full size is 89 x 169 cm and folds down to 30 x 22 cm. Folded and fully bounded with gilt title on cover, illustrated floral end papers.
Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale approximately 1:3382. 1.87 in. to 1 mile. .69 in. to 1 arpent.
Close up of Mount Royal Park. Map of the Island of Montreal prepared by J. Rielle in 1892. Cadastral map showing in detail land owners’ homes and locations.
folded G3452 M65 1892 R54. Map Room – Rare Books & Special Collections. McGill Library.
Map of the Island of Montreal prepared by J. Rielle in 1892. Cadastral map showing in detail land owners’ homes and locations. Click on the image to view it larger.
folded G3452 M65 1892 R54. Map Room – Rare Books & Special Collections. McGill Library.
You can download the map from our catalogue or you can see the original by visiting the Rare Book and Special Collections reading room during opening hours.
When this map of the Montreal harbour came to us it’s small 11 x 15 cm cover hid a map that measured over 96 x 31 cm when unfolded. Too delicate to weigh down we shot this with our Betterlight 8K medium format camera. With a full image size of 9426 × 3352 pixels when you extract a JPG from the PDF you can get some really nice detail.
You can download the map from our catalogue or you can see the original by visiting the Rare Book and Special Collections reading room during opening hours.
![Harbour Commissioners of Montreal., & Kennedy, J. (1877). Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/digitization/files/2014/12/rbsc_map_wharves-harbour-montreal_foldedG3454M65P551877H3-closeup.png)
Close of Lachine Canal from the Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.
![Harbour Commissioners of Montreal., & Kennedy, J. (1877). Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/digitization/files/2014/12/rbsc_map_wharves-harbour-montreal_foldedG3454M65P551877H3.jpg)
Harbour Commissioners of Montreal., & Kennedy, J. (1877). Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.
![Harbour Commissioners of Montreal., & Kennedy, J. (1877). Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/digitization/files/2014/12/rbsc_map_wharves-harbour-montreal_foldedG3454M65P551877H3-cv-797x1024.jpg)
Cover of Plan of the wharves in the harbour of Montreal, 1877. Montréal: Printed by] the Burland Desbarats Co.
City of Montreal key plans showing arrangement of plates. Canada 1912. By Chas. E. Goad Co. Civil Engineers. From Volume 1 of Atlas of the city of Montreal and vicinity : in four volumes, from official plans, special surveys, showing cadastral numbers, buildings & lots
You can download a full resolution version from our catalogue or you can drop by anytime during Rare Books and Special Collections opening hours to consult the original.
Close of up Plate 18 & 20. City of Montreal key plans showing arrangement of plates. Canada 1912. By Chas. E. Goad Co. Civil Engineers.
All 50 maps in the W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps are now available for download in our catalogue and a growing selection are on Pinterest if you want to share them.
Map of the city of Montreal : prepared expressly for Lovell’s Montreal Directory for 1898-9 by Charles E Goad.
If you’d like to zoom in on an even bigger version you can download the full size PDF from our catalogue and export a 7.7MB JPG that measures 10004 × 7876 pixels.
At that size you can really zoom in and get some detail.
Map of the city of Montreal 1898 – zoom into McGill University
The original map is available for consultation from our Rare Books and Special Collections map room during regular opening hours.