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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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Rare Books
See Museum Bookstore 105:253M for another copy. Cartouche: Spaniard mistreating slave and Indian. Submap: Gallapagos Islands Discovered & Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684. "Drawn from the best Modern Maps & Charts & Regulated by Astronl. Observ'ns by Eman : Bowen." MS note: 2097. No 110 (lower left). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 14-17 A Mexico.
2097
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Kashnor dates as ca. 1780. Cartouche: Figures Submap: A Draught of the Island of St. Katherine on the Voast of Brasil in 27° 30' South latitude.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 649.
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Kashnor notes, "A rare chart issued for the use of commanders of war-ships and transports during the American Revolution. Engraved on available blank spaces are minute instructions as to sailing into various harbours and the Chesapeake appears to have been of vital importance, for there is no doubt that copies were used during operations around Philadelphia." Submap of Herring Bay in Maryland. [Kashnor's description from 093:441, another copy, probably printed later.] Kashnor states circa. 1770. Submap: Plan of Herring Bay,in Maryland.. "with all the Shoals, Channels, Islands, Entrances, Soundings, and Sailing Marks, as far as the Navigable Part of the Rivers Patowmack, Patapsco and North-East. Drawn from Several Draughts made by the most Experienced Navigators, Chiefly from those of Anthony Smith Pilot of St. Marys; and compared with the Modern Surveys of Virginia and Maryland." Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis over IVC VI . Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 814 5 6.
105:814 M
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"No. 138" in lower left corner. MS notes: 41126 Maps America Bowen, Eman. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
41126
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See 105:846,847. See 093:622. Table: Division of South America with a summary account of its trade. Cartouche: Elaborate scene with natives, animals, water. Submap: Chart of Falklands Islands named by the French Malouine Islands, and Discovered by Hawkins, in the year 1593.. "from Mr. D'Anville, with several improvement and additions, and the newest discoveries." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheFigures Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 848 40,41.
105:848 M
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Kashnor dates as ca. 1730. Two submaps and text. Cartouche: framed. Submaps: Plan of the City of Saint Jago Capital of the Kingdom of Chili; Chart of the Extreme Part of South America in which is contained the Islands discovered by the Ships of St. Malo since 1700,... "Laid down according to the latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronl. Observatns. By Eman:Bowen." "No. 127 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 909.
105:909 M