Manuscripts

Cosmographie and geographie: manuscript in two parts

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Description: In the section on Cosmographie, the first plate illustrates the "Systeme solaire" and includes one overlay. Subsequent leaves illustrate various topics: the phases of the moon; eclipses; the northern and southern constellations; an appealing depiction of the signs of the zodiac; equinoxes and solstices; a depiction of the curvature of the earth; and a description of longitude and latitude.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [approximately 1853]
Call number: mssHM 81226
Creator: Bossange freres(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Deborah Coltham Rare Books, December 2014.

Track of the Sea Witch from New York to San Francisco

Manuscripts

The track is a log of the daily latitude and longitude of the ship during the voyage

mssHM 62930

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Track of the USS Fredonia from San Francisco to Valparaìso

Manuscripts

The track is a log of the daily latitude and longitude of the ship during the voyage

mssHM 62920

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Cartes des Côtes Meridionales de l'Isle de Terre Neuve Comprenant des l'Isles Royale et de Sable Avec la partie du Grand Banc, où se fait la pêche de la Morue; Dresée par Philippe Buache sur le Carte mste. du même Auteur presentée à l'Academie Rle. des Sciences le 28 Juillet 1736. Et comparée avec le Plan de ces mêmes Côtes et Isles de la Carte de Mr. Popple de l'an 1733

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Kashnor notes, "According to the draughtsman the Popple map was not in the proper latitude." Actually, it is a longitude error Buache is referring to. Buache has a long history of designing similar maps to show up errors of other mapmakers and enhance his own position. His map is printed in blue as an overlay of the Popple map printed in red. An early dual printed map. MS note: 252. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 252 CDO (?).

093:252 S

Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1502

Manuscripts

Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals; land masses outlined in color with islands painted in blue or red, gold or silver; 12 compass roses with the usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for principal directions; double latitude scales (numbered 5° higher on right than on left) and double equator (to compensate for magnetic variation), no longitude; distance is indicated by a series of small circles in lower right corner; decorated with a few figures and vignettes (very faded). Unbound: originally a rolled chart, now flattened. Parchment, f. 1 (full skin); 585 x 942 including left extension (map size, 530 x 772) mm. Top and bottom border decorated with gold in trellis pattern, latitude scales form borders at left and right. Also widely known as the "King-Hamy Portolan chart".

mssHM 45

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Tracks of the Preble

Manuscripts

These items include logs of daily longitude and latitude of the ship during several voyages, a list of outfits for the ship, and a list of cargo returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the ship

mssHM 62921-62929

Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French & Spanish Settlements in North America and the West Indies; as also on the Coast of Africa

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the old boundaries of Carolina and Virginia, with the coast from Hudson's Straits to the Amazon." Shows false "New Discovered Sea" east of Hudson's Bay. Latitude and longitude observations from several sources compared in tabular form. Kashnor dates as [1775]. Latitude and longitude tables.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 161.

105:161 M

Cosmographie and geographie: manuscript in two parts

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