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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kashnor notes, "The inset map of the North-West is very interesting, showing Lac Bernarda, Lac de Fonte, and Det. d'Anian, and locates New Albion, P. de Drake, Pt. de Monterey, &c." This submap is the same map Didier Robert de Vaugondy published in the Supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedia in the same year. RLIN record identifies mapmaker as Gilles (father) rather than Didier (son). Submap of North-West showing de Fonte speculations.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Shield lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. References: Phillips 3524. Verso Text: MS notes: 208 102.
105:208 M
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Kashnor notes, "In this the coast of California only extends as far as Cape Blanc, and New Albion, Monterey and Cape Mendocin are located." See 093:158 for a later version of this map. Two submaps. Note map on verso. Kashnor states published in Paris. Two submaps; Isle de la Martinique; Isle de S. Domingue. Also table listing the various subdivisions of the continents.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: Havana map 164a. (pasted to verso).
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Kashnor notes, "Locates the borders of La Plata, Uruguay, and Paraguay." This is a copy of Visscher's map, see 093:632. See also 093:634, 093:635 for other versions. RLIN record suggests print date is actually 1718. Cartouche: Figures.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 633 3J.
093:633 M
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Kashnor notes, "A valuable map in being one of the last to give the old coast-line to the North-West from California to the supposed entrance to De Fonte's North-West Passage. The entrance to the River of the West is in practically the same latitude as the Columbia River, and the Entrance of Juan de Fuca is also correct. Cook was sailing up the coast when this was issued." Two submaps. Kashnor states published in Paris. See map 093:164 for an earlier version of this map. Two submaps; Isle de la Martinique; Isle de S. Domingue.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 158 Amerique.
093:158 M
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Kashnor notes, "Carries the western coast no further north than Cape Blanco, but locates Pto. de Francisco Draco and Monte Rey, also Santa Fe in New Mexico." This is an updated and smaller version of Jaillot's 1692 map (093:161M) now showing California as a peninsula. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche.
105:206 M
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Kashnor notes, "This is the Châtelain map, taken from DeLisle. It locates only the French forts around Hudson's Bay, and shows a correct idea of the locations of the Indian tribes west of the Great Lakes; also shows La Houton's assumed location of the great River of the West, and the western sea beyond the range of mountains." Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. See 105:431 for another version, 105:433 for an earlier version. Historical remarks replace of cartouche on 105:431 version.. Prime meridian: Ferro?. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 432.
105:432 M