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• Title:Map of Victoria and part of Esquimalt Districts, 1861 / Day & Son lithrs. to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincolns-Inn-Fields, London.
  
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• Corporate Author/Creator:Day & Son.
  
• Published/Created:London : Day & Son, 1861.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3514 .V5 1861 D3
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Shelved at: Loc2
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Land Districts--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--Maps.
  Architectural drawing--Towns--British Columbia.
  Geometrical drawing--Towns--British Columbia.
  Maps--Towns--British Columbia.
  Mechanical drawing--Towns--British Columbia.
  Victoria (B.C.)--Maps
  Esquimalt, BC--Maps
  
• Description:Scale [1:15,840].
  1 map : lith., partial ms. colour ; 67 x 90. 5 cm.
  
• Local note:UBC Library has a copy mounted on linen, with handwritten note in ink below title: "presented by the Govt. of British Columbia to John Madden in that colony in 1861 at Victoria Vancouver Island, when stating in command of an exploring expedition to the northward --." Accompanied by a reduced-scale reproduction of the same map, annotated with handwritten names of farms and landowners.
  
• Notes:Area covered: [View Royal] to Cadborough Point / Cordova Bay to Clover Point.
  Shows: roads; townsite; sursveyed blocks and lots; Indian and other reserves (buff); sites of government buildings (blue); lands originally reserved from sale by HBC (outlined in pink); topography.
  Appears to be based on Official district map 1858.