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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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[Collection of maps of American islands and ports]
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Patterned after Popple's map "with corrections and amendments." Discussion of miles, but no scale on the map itself. MS note: No.(5) 7. "Réduite de la Carte Angloise en 20 Suelles par Mr. Popple avec quelques Corrections et Augmentations par Phil. Buache ern 1740." Prime meridian: London, Paris. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 30 150094 dr/L2+2 10 pieces.
150094
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Buache's fanciful map of the relation between Asia and North America, which he calls "New France." This was from his address to the Academy of Sciences introducing many fallacies: De Fonte's voyage; the Sea of the West; and incorporating Companie Land and Grande Terre off the north coast of Siberia. This map was widely copied and debated for the next 26 years until Cook's discoveries proved it full of errors. MS note: X71146. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Lettering, device. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Manuscripts
Manuscript English translation.
mssHM 210
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Manuscripts
The 85 manuscripts, known as the Kashnor maps, are named after the proprietor of the Museum Book Store, from which they were purchased. They include original maps and copies of cartographic renderings dating from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries. The maps focus primarily on sites and land involved in the French and Indian War in New York and Canada (67 maps), but there are also maps related to the American Revolution (3 maps), and ones of Central America (4 maps), and other regions (10 maps). The collection also contains a drawing of a dart or fire-arrow retrieved near Fort William Henry after Montcalm's attack in 1757. Some of the maps in the collection are hand drawn copies of earlier maps. These include ones executed during the French and Indian War. There are also four maps charting the voyages of the H.M.S. Asia in 1848-1851 that were copies made in 1856. Consequently, the creation dates of the Kashnor maps are from 1754-1856.
mssHM 15399-15475
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Removed from Universal Museum, November 1762, p 603. (Described in Cuba In Old Maps by Emilio Cueto, 1999.) Submaps: Ten Ports and harbors. Prime meridian: Ferro, London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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