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    Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows California with coast reaching to the Strait of Martin d'Aquilar. locating Nle. Albion; also shows a good map of New Mexico." Kashnor dates ca. 1750. RLIN record suggests 1766. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 216.

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    Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale 1754

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast of California and the North-West to the supposed Strait of Anain." Kashnor states publication as Paris, dates as [1755] and attributes to [Jean Palariest]. See 093:167M for variant map. RLIN record identifies maker as Palairet, publication place as London, date as 1755. MS notes: Jean Palariat 1755. 13. (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (naut.), leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis IV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 217 .

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    Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale 1754

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast of California and the North-West to the supposed Strait of Anain. Kashnor states publication as Paris, dates as [1755] and attributes to [Jean Palariest]. See 105:217M for variant map. RLIN record identifies maker as Palairet, publication place as London, date as 1755. MS notes: By Jean Palariat 1755. 13. (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (naut.), leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis IV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 167 13.

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    Le Canada faict par le Sr. de Champlain

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    A map based on information from Samuel de Champlain and other explorers plus the imagination of the mapmaker. The Arctic Ocean connect directly with Hudson's Bay and is only a short distance above Lake Huron. Sales sticker attached under mat. "ou sont La Nouvelle France Le Nouvelle Angleterre La Nouvelle Holande La Nouvelle Svede La Virginie &c. Avec le Nations voisines et autres Terres Nouuellement decouvertes Sunant les Memoires de P. du Val, Geographe du Roy" Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Circular with grapes. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 1527 15 28 1500462926 A-61.

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    Carte des Possessions Angloises & Francoises du Continent de l'Amerique Septentrionale

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    The original map Was published With accompanying text in Dutch naming Palairet as the cartographer and Otten as publishers. Text missing on ths copy. French built forts are circled in red. MS note: 49. "Kaart van de Engelsche en Fransche Bezittingen in het Vaste Land van Noord America, 1755. " Prime meridian: Ferro, London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: G & I Hot. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: LoWery 415, 420. Verso Text: Ms notes: N.43 34 772/429 150217.

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    Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale Dresée Par. P. Tardieu

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    Kashnor notes, "One of the most accurate maps of the day, locating all of the discoveries of Lewis and Clark, the international boundary reaches only to the Rockies, Oregon being evidently no man's land, for the Mexican boundary is at the 42nd parallel.. Locates San Francisco, Monterey, and other old Spanish settlements." Shows River S. Phillippe flowing from Utah to California coast south of Monterey. Prime meridian: Washington, DC. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Etats Unis (Warden) shown twice. Attached hexagonal seller's seal - Auvray Marchand d Estampes et de Cartes Géographiques. Quai Malaquais No. 11. A Paris. MS note: 166 (on seal) Seal has tag extending above top edge of map..

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