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The South American cook book : including Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies
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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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"Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of The National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Washington, 1939. Arthur H. Bumstead, Chief Geographer." Submaps: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; Saint Thomas; Isthmus of Panama; Jamaica: Cuba: Bermuda Islands. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Prior to time standardization, a table lists times of various places around the world equivalent to noon sun-time in Washington, DC. Vignette: Birds-eye view from coast to coast. Submap: Central America. Tables: Populations of States from 1870 Census, printed. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Manuscripts
mssHM 2291
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This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 430 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.
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