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    Mount Desert Island hand-drawn map

    Manuscripts

    Map is hand-drawn and colored.

    mssHM 84246

  • Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

    Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

    Manuscripts

    Manuscript map drawn by Charles Rivez, apparently a copy of an earlier map. Shows the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the Isle of Anticosti, locating Québec, the islands, rivers, capes and mountains. The inset map shows the the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Strait of Belle Isle to Nova Scotia, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Isle of St. John and the coast to Gaspee Bay. Detailed soundings are given for both the river and gulf maps. Shoals and banks are colored in blue. An observation of sailing directions is in English and in a different hand than Rivez. Another copy of this map, also by Charles Rivez shows soundings for the gulf and none for the river. (see mssHM 15429).

    mssHM 15430

  • Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

    Carte de l'Isle de Terre Nueve, Isle Royalle et Golphe et Riviere St. Laurent [cartographic material]

    Manuscripts

    Manuscript map drawn by Charles Rivez, apparently a copy of an earlier map. Shows the St. Lawrence from Quebec to the Isle of Anticosti, locating Québec, the islands, rivers, capes and mountains. The inset map shows the the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Strait of Belle Isle to Nova Scotia, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Isle of St. John and the coast to Gaspee Bay. Soundings are noted for the Gulf. Another copy of this map, also by Charles Rivez shows more detailed soundings, for both St. Lawrence River and the Gulf, has the shoals and and banks colored in blue and sailing directions in English (see mssHM 15430).

    mssHM 15429

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    Map of Grass Valley, California

    Manuscripts

    This manuscript is a hand-drawn color map titled "Plan of Grass Valley", and drawn circa 1860. The map is not signed, and there is no attribution to an artist. There are names on the map based on mining claims and cabins.

    mssHM 2278

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    Map of Flavel, Clatsop Co. Oregon

    Rare Books

    A real estate sales map for an area close to Astoria, Oregon, now probably names Fort Stevens. Sub map shows the mouth of the Columbia River. See also 150223 for another copy bearing information on the verso about Flavel. Sub map: Key Map of mouth of the Columbia River. Key Map note: Hydrography from a Survey made by the Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., in May-June, 1895. "Property of the Flavel Land & Development Co. S. H. Brown Jr, President, Boston, Mass., J. M. Turney, Secretary, Flavel, Oregon." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: No. 62 150197 F1/1.

    150197

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    Hand drawn map of Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Manuscripts

    Hand drawn map of Cambridge, Massachusetts dated 1856, April 25. Inscribed: "Copy from H. S. McKean."

    mssHM 80769