A Short Topographical Description of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America. To which is Annexed a Provincial Gazetteer.
London: Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty... 1813. Second Edition. 8vo. 23cm, second edition, [1],123p., 1 folding table, uncut, in the original boards, rebacked, with new paper label, library stamp on the title and peforation stamp on a few leaves, otherwise fine. a near fine copy. Item #44097
T.P.L. 736. Lande 2208. Sabin 85205. Morgan p353. Casey 983.
Second and updated edition of the first topographical description of the Province of Upper Canada, published in 1799. "The following notes and gazetteer were drawn up by David William Smith, Esq., late surveyor-general of the Province of Upper Canada, to illustrate the map of that colony, by the desire of Major-General Simcoe. This edition, the second,
has been revised and corrected to the present time, by Francis Gore, Esq., Lieutenant Governor, &c. &c., to accompany the new map compiled in the surveyor-general's office, and recently published under his direction. London, 1813." (From the Advertisement leaf). Smyth came to Upper Canada in 1792 and serving
as quartermaster in the 5th regiment of foot at Niagara, he was selected by Simcoe in 1793 to act as first surveyor-general of the new province. This post he filled till his return to England in 1799. The text was written on Simcoe's request to accompany the following map: "A Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c., with the countries adjacent, from Quebec to Lake Huron."
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