Manuscripts

Plano de la Cuidad y Puero de Monterey

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Description: The map only shows the center of the city. With facsimile copy of map.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1849.
Call number: mssHM 84470
Provenance: Gift of E. L. Files, August 1950.
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Associated people: Guerro, José Mariá.; Narvaez, Pedro.

Plan de la riviere de Canada [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript chart of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, from Gaspé Bay to the Island of Orleans (Île d'Orléans). Shows the Island of St. John (Île de St. Jean) and the northern part of Acadia. North is to the bottom of the map. Phrase "NB the Red dente that part taken from another map" appears below title. Drawn by Charles Rivez, appears to be a copy of HM 15433, with additions from another map.

mssHM 15436

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Plan de la Ciudad De Los Angeles

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Facsimile."Los Angeles City Map No. 1. Lieutenant E. O. C. Ord's 1849 survey of the "Cuidad de Los Angeles," reproduced by the Historical Society of Southern California, from the original map, through the courtesy of Robert Dominguez, City Clerk of Los Angeles, in whose office the original is preserved. $148.70" Prime meridian: Gm. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Quebec. Ville de L'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, copied approximately 1757, of a plan of Québec drawn by Robert de Villeneuve in 1690. The map shows the city, harbor and fortifications, including batteries and gun placements. Lightly washed with color, fort and gun sights from the fort are drawn in red. A printed version of Villeneuve's map may be found in Winsor, Justin. A narrative & critical history of America. 1884. Vol. IV:354.

mssHM 15467

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

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

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Libro donde se asientan los despachos de terrenos adjudicados en los anos 1839 y 1840 : facsimile

Manuscripts

Facsimile copy. Also copy of article "The Lost Toma de Razon," by J.N. Bown, California Historical Society, December 1943, Vol. XXI, No. 4, which talks about the manuscript.

mssHM 84284

Plano de la Cuidad y Puero de Monterey

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