With a Map of Canada
An extensive description of mid-19th-century Canada by a prominent Irish-born Canadian lawyer and politician. The book includes two nice large maps:
- Map of the Province of Canada, and the Lower Colonies, showing the connection by steam navigation with New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota
- Mercators Projection. With the Great Circle (Shortest Sailing) or Air Lines. Illustrating the directness & capacity of the River St. Lawrence from Lake Erie to the Atlantic. [on same sheet:] Johnson's Profile for the Northern Route of the Pacific Railroad from Lake Michigan to Vancouver's Island, showing relative summits and other routes.
According to some bibliographers, the maps were not issued with all copies.
A Tragic End
John Sheridan Hogan (ca. 1815 – December 1, 1859) was an Irish-born journalist, lawyer, and politician in Canada West. After arriving in Toronto around 1827, he worked for various newspapers and studied law, becoming a barrister in 1843. Known for his fiery journalism and involvement in political events, including the burning of the Patriot ship Caroline, Hogan gained prominence as a parliamentary correspondent for publications like Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. In 1855, his essay Canada and Her Resources won first prize from the Paris Exhibition Committee. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1857 for Grey, his promising career ended tragically when he was murdered in 1859 by local robbers, with one perpetrator later executed.
Provenance
- Bookplate, Chateau de Rosny, with motto "La Solitude."
The Castle Rosny-sur-Sein was built in the 16th century upon the ruins of a fortified manor. It was owned by several French noble families, including (until 1955), Marie "Paul" Jules Lebaudy (1858-1937), a pioneer of aeronautics, who, with his brother Pierre, built a series of semi-rigid airships in 1902, including one which made the second crossing of the English Channel on October 26, 1910.