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Tabula directorij horaru[m] canonicaru[m]
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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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Includes illustrations of navigation instruments, ship cross sections, etc.; coat of arms on t.p.; charts; and astronomical tables. Leaves 16-23 and 78-87 lack numeration. Signatures: pi⁴ A-T⁸ V⁴. Contains a glossary of nautical terms on leaves 129-156, with running title: Vocabulario nautico.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, with the coast continued to the supposed Strait of Anian in the 59th latitude." Kashnor dates as ca. 1688, and from Amsterdam. Shirley indicates first date is 1670, a second plate was created in 1680 with Nova Guinea and Quiri Regio in the left hemisphere. See Shirley, map 451. Decorative map surround. Art work: Scenes of the four seasons with corresponding astrological symbols in all four corners. Submaps: North and South Polar views. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Px. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 54/93 148962.
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