{"id":1788053,"date":"2019-11-08T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788053"},"modified":"2019-11-08T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:20:48","slug":"old-maps-of-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/old-maps-of-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Maps of Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adolphus Bourne, Map of the City of Montreal<\/em>, 1843. 36 \u00d7 23 cm. Collection Saint-Sulpice, BAnQ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MTLBlog digs into the digital holdings of the Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives nationales du Qu\u00e9bec (BAnQ) to present some vintage maps of Montr\u00e9al<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The BAnQ has more than 20,000 maps<\/a> in its digital collection, ranging from the 16th century to the present day; said holdings include maps from before the Conquest, maps of cities, towns and villages (many of them fire insurance maps), and historic topo maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MTLBlog digs into the digital holdings of the Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives nationales du Qu\u00e9bec (BAnQ) to present some vintage maps of Montr\u00e9al. The BAnQ has more than 20,000 maps in its digital collection, ranging from… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1205,131,54,48,834,701],"class_list":["post-1788053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-banq","tag-canada","tag-cities","tag-libraries","tag-montreal","tag-quebec","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785595,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/an-18th-century-manuscript-map-of-the-st-lawrence-river\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788053,"position":0},"title":"An 18th-Century Manuscript Map of the St. Lawrence River","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 May 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Another one in French. 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