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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, "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.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast of North America from Hudson's Straits, locating the states on the seaboard." Shows routes of US ship Insurgent, Route of Nelson in 1805 in addition to trade routes. Also shows nonexistant "New Sea" between Hudson's Bay and Straits. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 160.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows all the east coast of North America, locating the colonies, and all of South America." Two side letterpress panels describe the use of the chart and note it's derivation from Halley's 1700 chart. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Etching. Verso Text: MS note: 165.
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Shows track of H.M.S. Victory and of Warley East Indiaman. Later MS southbound track. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 713.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the American Coast from Hudson's Strait to the Mouth of the Amazon, and gives a particularly good chart of Nova Scotia and West Indies." Lengthy explanation of preparation of this chart lower right.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 276 Chart of the Atlantic, Northern part -- Southern part 66.
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