A View of the City of Montreal & the River St.Laurence from the Mountain.
London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1811 but 1900. Notes: View of the City of Montreal in Canada from the top of the mountain. In 1535 Jacques Cartier and his men visited the small Iroquois village of Hochelaga and climbed the mountain, naming it Mount Royal. It was not until 1642 that it was further developed by Paul de Chomedey as a French missionary colony known as ‘Villa Marie’. The city prospered as a trade centre for the growing fur industry and remained in French possession until the 1760s when Montreal was surrendered to the British army., Image Size : 363x532 (mm), 14.29x20.94 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 493x620 (mm), 19.41x24.41 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Aquatint, Categories: Views Canada Quebec;. Very Good, backed on board. Item #P5171
Notes: View of the City of Montreal in Canada from the top of the mountain. In 1535 Jacques Cartier and his men visited the small Iroquois village of Hochelaga and climbed the mountain, naming it Mount Royal. It was not until 1642 that it was further developed by Paul de Chomedey as a French missionary colony known as ‘Villa Marie’. The city prospered as a trade centre for the growing fur industry and remained in French possession until the 1760s when Montreal was surrendered to the British army., Image Size : 363x532 (mm), 14.29x20.94 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 493x620 (mm), 19.41x24.41 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Aquatint, Categories: Views Canada Quebec;.
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