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Carte des parties nord et ouest de l'Amérique

Description: Map shows date as 1772. Watermark indicates later printing date. Note regarding Baron de la Hontan's [apocryphal] explorations. Trimmed from upper right - Suppl. 1re. Carte. Atlas and publisher from McLaughlin and others. Trimmed to the neatline on three sides. MS note: 10 [on backing].. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: AM Herritte? 1778. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Date: ca. 1776
Call number: 105:010 S
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[Upper] Carte des Nouvelles Découvertes [Lower] Extrait d'une Carte Japonoise de l'Univers

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Two maps on one sheet. Kashnor dates ca. 1772. Trimmed from upper right - Suppl. 6e. Carte. Atlas and publisher from McLaughlin and others. Lower map has two text blocks with explanatory material on sources. MS note: 9 [on backing].. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Conic. Watermark: EIN grapes?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Text blocks.

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Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte representiant la grande probabilitié d'un Passaga au Nord Ouest par Thomas Jefferys Geographe du Roi a Londres 1768

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Kashnor notes, "Includes the Polar regions from Siberia to Greenland, and southward as far as New Mexico, indicating not only the route of de Fonte, but also certain interesting Russian and Japanese discoveries up to 1741, including those on the coast of Alaska and British Columbia, though showing the fabrications of de Fonte. "Trimmed from upper right - Suppl. 8e. Carte. Atlas and publisher from McLaughlin and others. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Marine leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: AM Herritte? 1778. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Nouvelle Représentation Des Côtes Nord et Est de L'Asie

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Kashnor notes, "Comprising three maps set within one another, representing respectively (i) the northern coast of Europe and Asia, with the coasts of Kamtschatka and China, Japan, &c.(ii) Nova Zembla, Siberia and Kamtschatka, (iii) the coasts immediately north of Japan, including "Mer de Lama" and "Mer d'Anadir." Suppl. 3e. Carte trimmed from upper border. Trimmed to neatline on three sides. Two sub maps of eastern Asia. MS note: 30. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: AM Herritte? 1778. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour le recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud Par M. De l'Isle de l'Academie royale des Sciences &c

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Trimmed from upper right - Suppl. 7e. Carte. Atlas and publisher from McLaughlin and others. Submap titled Carte dresée sur la lettre de l'Amiral de Fonte par l"Ecrivain de la Californie.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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America : drawn from the latest and best observations ; describing all the European settlements, &c. / by R. Bennett Engraver

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Kashnor notes, "California appears as an island, with the Straits of Annian, at which the coastline terminates at its northern extremity." Kashnor dates as 177-. McLaughlin notes publication date as 1759, issued in Grand magazine of universal intellegence, Vol, 2, January 1759, and place as [London]. This map trimmed to neatline, loosing reference information regarding publication, "Engraved for the Grand Magazine. Printed for R. Griffiths in Paternoster Row 1759." MS note: 196 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned Britannia seal Crowned initials. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 239; Jolly 130.

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Carte de la Partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the tracks up the coast, and locates San Francisco, Monterey, the Columbia with Point Vancouver, Gray's Harbour, Puget Sound and Vancouver Island." "Reconnue pendant les Etéts de 1792, 1793, et 1794. depuis 29° 54' de Latitude Nord et 244° 33' de Longitude Orientale jusqu au Cap Douglas par 58° 52' de Latitude et 207° 20' de Longitude. Par le Captaine George Vancouver commandant le Découverte et le Chatham avec les routes de ces deux Batimens: Redigée par le Lieutenant Edward Roberts, d'aprés les Reconnaisances et les oobservations." "Nos. 9 et 30 (upper right)." Kashnor dates as ca. 179-. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 699.

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Carte des parties nord et ouest de l'Amérique

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