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May of the West Indies and the coast line of south Florida, Central America, and the northern part of South America

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    Railways of Central America and the West Indies

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    Mexico, Central America and the West Indies

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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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    Middle and South America, West Indies

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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.

    635664

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    Spanish documents concerning Florida and the West Indies

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    This collection contains official documents related to the 1783 Treaty of Versailles, particularly in relation to Spanish possession in West Indies. Included are original notifications about the cessation of hostilities directed to the Spanish overseas governors, the Minister of Marine and officers commanding the armed forces from the royal administration and Council of Indies; the acknowledgements and correspondence thereon; the text of two of the Articles of the Peace Treaty, and official proclamations, including a text that had been published without the consent of the King and was later withdrawn and destroyed. Prominent authors include: Juan Antonio Enriquez, Pedro Castejón, José Moffino, and Francisco Xavier Morales. Some notable items include: Enriquez, Juan Antonio. Proclamation of the Peace between Spain and England (1783, Feb. 5). Note: This document was printed and posted in Seville by Enriquez, Minister of Marine at Seville, but was withdrawn and destroyed by the command of the king. Castejón, Pedro, marqués de, 1719-1783. To Don Juan Antonio Enriquez. Draft of a letter from the king's secretary reprimanding Enriquez for exceeding the limits of his authority in publishing the news of the peace (1783, Feb. 11). Enriquez to Castejón. Letter vindicating his action, and begging intercession in his behalf (1783, Feb. 19).

    mssHM 9471-9548