Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/Canada

Overview

These pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.

Each entry in the index points to the images on Flickr which match the tag for the book. Additionally, when there are images from a book that have been copied over to Commons, this is shown with a green clickable  (Book cat)  link, which links to the relevant Commons category for the book.

A full list of the titles of the books that were scanned for the collection is also available, at

Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Full list of books

and succeeding pages, which may help browsing what is available.

The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.

The Commons main project page for the collection gives some further hints on searching; on how to upload the images to Commons, and on how to tag images on Flickr. If you do upload images to Commons, please create a Commons category for the book they were taken from, like those in Category:Books with images from the British Library Mechanical Curator collection, and include the images in it. The template {{HasBookCat}} can then be used to create a link to the category (on a green background) from the book's entry in this list.

Georeferencing campaign: For any titles below that have a  to georef template, please click on that templated link to find the thumbnails and then the pages on Flickr for the relevant map and plan images, and follow the links in their image description sections to the BL/Klokan Georeferencer to place the images on a present-day map of the world. This in turn should allow the map images' ready upload to Wikimedia Commons with reasonably accurate automatic categorisation. See also: BL information page and overall progress page.

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(The contents of this sub-page can also be viewed included ("transcluded") into the appropriate one of the higher-level main index pages above)

Canada

See also: ./to do/Canada and ./to do/Canada history

• Travels through the Canadas, ... to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners and customs of several of the Indian nations of North and South America, etc (1807; 36 images, 35 plates; 2 maps )
• A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada, with remarks upon Upper Canada, and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United States of America ... Embellished by several views, plans, etc. With a portrait. (1815; 19 images, 19 plates; 9 maps  to georef )
• Eighty Years' Progress of British North America, showing the developmentof its natural resources ... with a large amount of statistical information, etc. By H. Y. Hind, T. C. Keefer, C. Robb, J. G. Hodgins, M. H. Perley and W. Murray. (1863; 31 images, 23 plates; 2 maps )
• The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts (1866; 19 images, 4 plates; no maps)
• Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique à travers le Canada ... Traduit de l'Anglais entitled, “The North-West Passage by land” ... par J. Belinde Launay, et contenant 22 vignettes sur bois et 2 cartes (1866; 27 images, 22 plates; 4 maps )
•  (Book cat)  The Canadian Handbook and Tourist's Guide, etc. By Henry B. Small. (1867; 26 images; no maps)
• The Scot in British North America (1880; 68 images, 3 plates; no maps)
• Canada; from the lakes to the gulf. ... A compendium of travel ... with ... illustrations, by Captain Mac (1881; 39 images, 12 plates; 1 map)

partition 1

• Le Canada et l'Émigration Française ... 13ème édition (1884; 21 images, 12 plates; 2 maps)
• The Adventures of six young men in the wilds of Maine and Canada; or the Knockabout Club ... Illustrated (1884; 134 images, 36 plates; 1 map)
• Our North Land: being a full account of the Canadian North-West and Hudson's Bay Route, together with a narrative of the experiences of the Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1884 (1885; 134 images, 20 plates; 2 maps)
• Canada. Le guide du colon francais, belge, suisse, etc. Avec illustrations, etc (1887; 99 images, 40 plates; 1 map)
• Among the Forest Trees, or, how the Bushman family got their homes. Being a book of facts and incidents of pioneer life in Upper Canada, arranged in the form of a story (1888; 37 images; no maps)
• The Sportsman's Paradise; or, the Lake Lands of Canada ... With illustrations by D. C. and H. Beard. Second edition (1888; 39 images, 13 plates; no maps); 1889 edition (39 images, 14 plates; no maps)
• Our Own Country. Canada, scenic and descriptive ... Illustrated, etc (1889; 363 images, 143 plates; no maps)
• By Track and Trail. A journey through Canada ... With ... sketches, etc (1891; 107 images, 48 plates; no maps)

partition 2

• Wheel Outings in Canada and C. W. A. Guide. Published under the auspices of the Touring Section of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association. Edited by P. E. Doolittle (1895; 99 images, 27 plates; no maps)
• Forest, Lake, and Prairie. Twenty years of frontier life in Western Canada. 1842-62 (1895; 51 images, 20 plates; no maps)
• Camping in the Canadian Rockies ... With ... a sketch of the early explorations ... With ... illustrations, etc (1896; 79 images, 28 plates; no maps)
• In the Days of the Canada Company: the story of the settlement of the Huron tract and a view of the social life of the period, 1825-1850 ... With an introduction by G. M. Grant (1896; 42 images, 19 plates; 4 maps  to georef )
• Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada. A journey of 3,200 miles by canoe and snowshoe ... With illustrations, etc (1897; 66 images, 18 plates; 1 map); 1898 edition (66 images, 19 plates; 1 map); Another copy (1898; 66 images, 21 plates; 1 map)
• Canada. An encyclopædia of the country ... By a corps of eminent writers and Specialists ... Edited by J. C. Hopkins ... Illustrated. (Index, topical and personal.) (1898; 515 images, 118 plates; 25 maps  to georef )
• New Canadian Geography specially adapted for use in Public and High Schools (1899; 323 images, 153 plates; 60 maps  to georef )

• A Popular and Practical Exposition of the Minerals and Geology of Canada, etc (1864; 228 images, 1 plate; 2 maps); 1888 edition (166 images; 2 maps)

— history

• The History of Canada (1888; 27 images, 27 plates; 27 maps  to georef )
• A Popular History of the Dominion of Canada ... Revised ... edition, brought down to 1888 ... With ... maps, and ... engravings (1888; 156 images, 26 plates; 16 maps)

• Relation des affaires du Canada, en 1696. By J. de Lamberville? Avec des lettres des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus depuis 1696 jusqu'en 1702. Edited by J. M. Shea. (1865; 19 images; no maps) Decorative fillers only
• Acadia. A lost chapter in American History ... Illustrated (1884; 20 images, 1 plate; no maps)
•  (Book cat (100%))  Histoire des Canadiens-Français. 1608-1880. Ouvrage orné de portraits et de plans (1882; 152 images, 128 plates; 8 maps  to georef )
• The Fall of New France 1755-1760 ... With portraits, etc (1888; 29 images, 17 plates; no maps)
•  (Book cat (100%))  The Last Forty Years: Canada since the union of 1841. With plates, including portraits. (1881; 144 images, 66 plates; no maps)

— states and territories

British Columbia

• Voyages et aventures dans la Colombie Anglaise, l'île Vancouver, la territoire d'Alaska et la Californie ... Translated into French and abrégés par H. Vattemare (1880; 43 images, 24 plates; 3 maps  to georef )
• B. C. 1887. A ramble in British Columbia ... With map and ... illustrations, etc (1888; 79 images, 11 plates; 1 map); 1889 edition (78 images, 10 plates; 1 map)
• British Columbia; its present resources and future possibilities, etc. With illustrations. (1893; 27 images, 24 plates; 1 map )
• (The Year Book of British Columbia Compendium.) Compiled from the Year Book of British Columbia ... To which is added a chapter ... respecting the Canadian Yukon and Northern territory generally (1897; 155 images, 49 plates; 2 maps)

Manitoba

• Lands of Plenty in the New North-West. A book for all travellers, settlers and investors in Manitoba and North-West Territory. With illustrations and a map. (1880; 20 images, 8 plates; 1 map)
• Manitoba and the Great North-West ... An encyclopedia of information in regard to the Great North-West, etc. With maps and illustrations. (1882; 21 images, 21 plates; 4 maps); 1883 edition (22 images, 22 plates; 4 maps  to georef )
• Official Guide Book to the Canadian Pacific Railway Lands in Manitoba, and part of the N.W. Territory, etc. (New and enlarged edition.) (1884; 45 images, 45 plates; 42 maps  to georef )
• Western Canada. Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchewan. Information as to the resources and climates of these countries for intending farmers, etc (1899; 64 images, 29 plates; no maps)

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Newfoundland ... its history, ... present condition, and ... prospects ... Illustrated, etc (1883; 30 images, 10 plates; 1 map)
• A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial and foreign records. ... With ... illustrations and numerous maps (1895; 365 images, 60 plates; 42 maps  to georef )
•  (Book cat (100%))  Explorations in the interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the country of the Montagnais and Nasquappe Indians (1863; 37 images, 14 plates; 2 maps )
• Labrador et Anticosti. Journal de voyage. Histoire, Topographie, etc. With map. (1897; 48 images, 1 plate; 1 map)

Northwest Territories

• History of the North-West (1894; 115 images, 34 plates; no maps) [Canada]

Nova Scotia

• Acadian Geology: an account of the geological structure and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, and portions of the neighbouring provinces of British America. With maps. (1855; 43 images, 4 plates; no maps); 1868 edition (192 images, 24 plates; 2 maps)

Ontario

•  (Book cat (100%))  Upper Canada Sketches ... With illustrations, portraits and map (1898; 30 images, 25 plates; 1 map )
•  (Book cat (100%))  The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion; largely derived from original sources and documents. With portraits. (1885; 62 images, 7 plates; No Maps)

– Ottawa

• Canada and its Capital. With sketches of political and social life at Ottawa. With illustrations. (1898; 25 images, 21 plates; no maps)
• City of Ottawa, capital of the Dominion of Canada. With illustrations. (1899; 236 images, 45 plates; no maps)

– Toronto

• Toronto of Old. Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario (1873; 95 images, 2 plates; no maps)
•  (Book cat (100%))  Toronto: past and present: historical and descriptive. A memorial volume for the semi-centennial of 1884, etc (1884; 20 images, 19 plates; no maps)
• History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario; containing an outline of the history of the Dominion of Canada ... biographical sketches, etc., etc. By C. P. Mulvany, G. M. Adam and others. Illustrated (1885; 228 images, 39 plates; no maps)
• The Queen's Jubilee and Toronto “called back” from 1887 to 1847. This revised edition contains the progress of the city from 1886 to 1887, etc (1887; 47 images, 25 plates; 1 map)
•  (Book cat)  Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto. A collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833 (till 1837) and of Toronto from 1834 to 1893 (to 1914). Also ... engravings ... Published from the Toronto “Evening Telegram.” 6 ser (1894; 493 images, 278 plates; 11 maps  to georef )
•  (Book cat)  Toronto, historical, descriptive, and pictorial, etc (1899; 28 images, 8 plates; no maps)

– Other places in Ontario

• The Township of Scarboro, 1796-1896. Edited by David Boyle. With plates. (1896; 30 images, 20 plates; 1 map)

Quebec

•  (Book cat (100%))  Siege of Quebec ... 1775. The Centenary Fête of the Literary and Historical Society, ... 29th December, 1875 (1876; 17 images, 3 plates; no maps)
• 1690. Sir William Phips devant Québec. Histoire d'un siége (1893; 24 images, 8 plates; 6 maps  to georef )
• Quebec, the Sportsman's Land of Plenty for salmon, trout ... caribou and red deer (1899; 37 images, 6 plates; 1 map)

– Montreal

• Ville-Marie, or sketches of Montreal, past and present. ... With ... engravings, etc (1870; 19 images, 19 plates; 1 map )
• Montreal after 250 years (1892; 32 images, 5 plates; 3 maps )

– Other places in Quebec

• History of Compton County, and sketches of the Eastern Townships, District of St. Francis, and Sherbrooke County. Supplemented with the records of four hundred families. Two hundred illustrations of buildings and leading citizens in the County ... Including biography of the late Hon. John Henry Pope, by Hon. C. H. Mackintosh (1896; 165 images, 139 plates; 1 map) [Quebec]
• Histoire de la seigneurie de Lauzon (1897; 78 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
•  (Book cat (100%)) ‎ Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil. Avec gravures et plans (1889; 16 images, 8 plates; 3 maps  to georef )
• La Vallée de la Matapédia. Ouvrage historique et descriptif (1895; 16 images, 13 plates; no maps)
• Le Saguenay et le bassin du Lac Saint-Jean. Ouvrage historique et descriptif. Troisième édition. With plates. (1896; 48 images, 21 plates; no maps)

Saskatchewan

• Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. (1859; 29 images, 10 plates; 3 maps  to georef )
• Saskatchewan and the Rocky Mountains. A diary and narrative of travel, sport, and adventure, during a journey through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in 1859 and 1860 ... With maps and illustrations (1875; 35 images, 8 plates; 4 maps )

Yukon

•  (Book cat (100%))  Through the Subarctic Forest. A record of a canoe journey from Fort Wrangel to the Polly Lakes and down the Yukon River to the Behring Sea ... With illustrations and maps (1896; 19 images, 14 plates; 2 maps)

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