Digital History - Histoire Numérique

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Andrew Morris (fl. 1844-1852) was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and likely emigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal, in the early 1840's. He is thought to have died in Montreal.

In 1844, he painted decorative panels representing Commerce and…

Jacques Cartier.jpg
Portrait of the Jacques Cartier (Quartier)

First encounter.jpg
Jacques Cartier meets the Natives of Hochelaga (Montreal)

map of Ireland.PNG
A map of Ireland photographed by Robert French.

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Portrait of the great French Explorer

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A map of the Ville-Marie, on the Island of Montreal.

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Painting showing the north view of Montreal taken from Mr. Frobisher's country seat

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A photograph of a mound of potatoes

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“Searching for potatoes is one of the occupations of those who cannot obtain out-door relief. It is gleaning in a potato-field– and how few are left after the potatoes are dug, must be known to every one who has ever seen the field cleared. What the…

Famine.jpg
“The scene represented above is an attack upon a potato store in the town of Galway, on the 13th of the present month, when the distress had become too great for the poor squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer, without…
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