Niagara Falls 



1783 



Heath 



1783 



Metz 



This picture by James Heath, the celebrated English engraver (Metz. 

 del.) was probably taken from the " Novelists' magazine " published in 

 London, 1 780—1 788 by Harrison and Co. It is of the Hennepin type. 



METZ, . (del.) The Falls of Niagara. Heath (sc.) 



lished as the Act directs by Harrison & Co. April, 1 783. 



Pub- 



1785 



1785 CREVECEOUR, HECTOR St. JOHN DE. Description of Niagara Falls 



Creveceour in a letter to his son under date of July, 1785. (Mag. of Am. hist., 

 Oct. 1878. 2: part 2. 606-613.) 



The author made an excursion to Niagara Falls in 1 785, and described 

 the cataract in a letter to his son Alexander, then 1 4 years old. Copies 

 of the narrative and the map illustrating it were furnished by his great 

 grandson. He gives a " graphic description of the cataract as it appeared 

 in its primeval grandeur," and his chart of the river from Lake Erie to Lake 

 Ontario is " remarkably correct." " He must have been a skilfull engineer 

 and draughtsman to have produced so accurate a map without actual sur- 

 vey." At the time of his visit, there was already a saw-mill by the rapids 

 on the American side. 



1790 



1790 ANVILLE, JEAN BaPTISTE BoURGUIGNON d'. A particular map of 



Anville the American lakes, rivers, etc. Par le Sr. d'Anville de l'Academie R'le 



des Inscriptions de Belles Lettres et de celle des Sciences de Petersbourg. 

 Secretaire de M'gr. le Due d'Orleans. Lond. : Drawn and engraved for 

 John Harrison, June 25, 1 790. (Grosvenor library, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Maps historical and miscellaneous. No. 82.) 



. . . Reputation and merit of this work chiefly depended upon the 

 Labour of D'Anville and expense of the Duke of Orleans." " The Saut 

 de Niagara " is marked. 



1790 ELLICOTT, ANDREW. View of the Falls of Niagara. Thackera & 



EUicott Vallande (sc.) 1790. 



This print in black and white is the earliest known picture of Niagara 

 by an American. The drawing is inaccurate. The country around the 

 Falls is shown as hilly and there in no indication of Luna Island. The 

 proportions of the American and Horseshoe Falls are so drawn that the 

 American Fall looks broader than the Horseshoe. Although an improve- 

 ment on the Hennepin and Kalm views, this picture is inferior to Lieut. 



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