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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean

Description: Kashnor notes, "Shewing the American Coast from Hudson's Strait to C. Bahias in Patagonia, and the European and African Coast from the Faeroe Islands to Cape Town." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 168 Chart of the Atlantic Ocean..
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Date: ca. 1850
Call number: 105:168 M
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