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[Four maps removed from John Thomson's A new general atlas]
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Extracted from Johnson's New Illustrated... Family Atlas, 1863? Earlier edition than 264894. MS note: 264895 . Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Historical and Statistical view of the United States, 1860. 68 69 MS notes: West pg 40 1863.
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New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the Ancient Discoveries and most general Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans
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