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Map of North America, showing the places where the Metals, Minerals, Fossiles, and Medicinal Waters are to be found

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Kashnor notes, "Shows gold deposits in Carolina and Virginia, iron sand in Carolina, rock oil in Pennsylvania and west of the Mississippi, with large deposits of copper in Lake Superior and both sides of the Mississippi." Many other alchemical symbols listed than used on map. Kashnor dates as [1755]. Table of alchemical signs. MS note: 324 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Royal shield, GB. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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[1755]
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105:324 S
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