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El Rio de la Plata
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the course of the la Plata to above Buenos Ayres at Port Carroras." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 636.
093:636 M
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Looks like someone combined Bellin's map of Rio de la Plata with his map of Buenos Ayres. An unattributed map of British origin showing a mission established in 1740 (so later than that) and the Portuguese Colony at Sacramento in current Uruguay. PIII. Submap: Plan of the City of Buenos-Ayres. MS note: 87. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a note on the Jesuit settlement in Paraguay, said to contain about 300,000 families." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. RLIN record suggests a date of 1747. Cartouche: Indians and traders.. "Laid down from the latest Improvements, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations, by Eman Bowen." "No. 127 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 926.
105:926 M