5.4 CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, DATE(S) OF CREATION, INCLUDING PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC., AREA

5.4A. Preliminary rule

(CM 4A)

5.4A1. Scope.

See 1.4A1.

At the series and file levels, record only the date(s) of creation if all the material in the unit being described is unpublished, or if there is a mix of published and unpublished material, or if all the material is published but not published as a series or set. If all the material in the unit being described belongs to the same published series or set, record the information about the place, name, and date(s) of publishing, distributing or releasing, etc., activities.

5.4A2. Punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space.
Precede a second or subsequently named place of publication, distribution, etc., by a semicolon.
Precede the name of a publisher, distributor, etc., by a colon.
Enclose a supplied statement of function of a publisher, distributor, etc., in square brackets.
Precede the date of publication, distribution, etc., by a comma.
Enclose the details of manufacture (place, name, date) in parentheses.
Precede the name of a manufacturer by a colon.
Precede the date of manufacture by a comma.

(CM 4A1)

5.4A3.

In presenting information in the dates of creation including publication, distribution, etc., area, follow the instructions set out in 1.4A3-1.4A4 and the following rules.

5.4A4.

When more than one place, name, or date is recorded in this area, give them in the order that is appropriate to the unit being described. See also 1.4C5 and 1.4D5.

(CM 4B3)

5.4A5.

When describing a published reproduction follow the rules in 5.4C-5.4G and 1.4C-1.4G. For an unpublished reproduction see 1.4B3.

5.4A6.

If the original publication details are covered by a label containing publication details relating to a reproduction, reissue, etc., give the publication details of the later publication in this area. Give the publication details of the original in a note (see 5.8B10) if they can be ascertained readily.

(CM 4B6)

5.4A7.

If the unit being described is known to have fictitious publication, distribution, etc., details, give them in the conventional order. Supply the real publication, distribution, etc., details as a correction if they are known.

(CM 4B7)

5.4B. Date(s) of creation

5.4B1.

At all levels of description, give the date(s) of creation of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4B. For cartographic items that are published, distributed, etc., see rules 1.4C-1.4G.

(CM 4F9)

1667

1927

1923 July 19

1915-1941

Photocopied 1921 Nov. 29

1911-1991
Note: Record copies of superseded Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch maps are transferred on a regular basis

Traced 1919

[ca. 1840]

[1861 or 1862]

[ca. 1920]-1978

1909-[1968?]

[ca. 1890-1981?]

[between 1969 and 1972]

5.4C. Place of publication, distribution, etc.

(CM 4C)

5.4C1.

Transcribe a place of publication, distribution, etc., of the unit being described¹ as instructed in 1.4C.

London (108 Gloucester Ave., London, NW1 8HX)
In Venetia

London (53 Fleet St.)

Coloniae Agrippinae [Köln]

Arnhemii [Netherlands]

San Fransisco, Cal.

Vernon, B.C.

5.4D. Name of publisher, distributor, etc.²

(CM 4D)

5.4D1.

Give the name of the publisher, distributor, etc., of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4D.

Amsterdam : Published by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. for the World Pub. Co., Cleveland and New York

Venetiis : Per Iacobum Penitum de Lleucho

[Strasbourg] : Ioannes Scotus, Argentorati literis exc[a]epit

Luduni [Lyon] : Ex officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel Fratrvm

À Anvers : De l’Imprimerie de Christofe Plantin, pour Philippe Galle

London : Printed by T. Cotes for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright

À Paris : Chez Lattré : Chez Jean Thomas

London : Printed for William Innys [and 17 others]

[Vancouver] : GVRD Planning Dept.

New Westminster, [B.C.] : Lithographed at the Royal Engineering Camp

London : J. Arrowsmith

London : George Philip & Son

[Ottawa] : Telegraph and Signal Service, Dept. of Public Works

[S.l. : s.n.]

5.4D2.

When describing cartographic materials published in more than one physical part when the publisher, etc., or the name of the publisher, etc., changes in the course of publication, see 1.4D5. Publishers other than the first may be recorded in a note (see 5.8B10). ³

(CM 4B8).

Alternatively, give the places and names of all the publishers.

New York : J.H. Colton & Co. ; Portland, Me. : C.C. Hall

5.4E. Optional addition. Statement of function of publisher, distributor, etc.

(CM 4E)

5.4E1.

Add to the name of a publisher, distributor, etc., a statement of function as instructed in 1.4E.

… ; London [Ont.] : Western News Co. [distributor]

5.4F. Date of publication, distribution, etc.

(CM 4F)

5.4F1.

Give the date⁴ of publication, distribution, etc., of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4F.

, 1777 [i.e. 1792]

, [ca. 1718]

, 1967-1968

, 1787-[1788]

, [ca. 1921-ca. 1931]

5.4F2.

If the publication and distribution dates are the same, give the date after the last named distributor, publisher, etc.

(CM 4F4)

5.4G. Place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, date of manufacture

(CM 4FG)

5.4G1.

Give the place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, and/or date of manufacture of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4G.

In Venetia : Per Gioa[n] Baptista Pedrezano, 1548 (Stampato per Nicolo Bascarini)

Ottawa : Dominion Lands Office, Dept. of Interior, 1881 (Montreal : Burland Lithographic Co.)

Québec : Département des terres et forêts, 1906 (Montréal : F.H. Denison Lith.)

Montreal : [s.n.], 1881 (G. Mitton, Printer)