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Kashnor notes, "an exceedingly rare map." Kashnor dates as ca. 1680. Cartouche: South American Natives. Submap: Arctic region, polar projection.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: H. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps.
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Kashnor notes, "With inset maps of New Scotland, Carolina, Jamaica, Bermudas and Barbadoes." Kashnor dates as [1698]. McCorkle suggests 1700, gives appeared in information. Submaps: Carolina; New Scotland; I. of Jamaica; Bermudaz or Sommers Isles; I of Barbados. MS note:461 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 700.9. Verso Text: MS note: 93/461 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast above the opening of Juan de Fuca, locating the opening discovered by Martin d'Aguilar, Drakes Port, New Year Haven, and Santa Fe and Taos in New Mexico. Kashnor dates as ca. 1763. Cartouche - native woman w. children. Table of division by country.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, paces, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Shield ?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 177.
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Kashnor notes: "An exceedingly rare map locating as far up the Hudson River as New Albanie; locates Fort Elsinborough on the Delaware, and takes in the coast from Cape Henry to Boston." McCorkle states this is a later state of Lea's 1680 map, which the British Library says is from 1686, similar to Kashnor's dating. Kashnor dates as ca. 1686. Atlantic Ocean is named "Sea of the English Empire." Submap: Entry to New York Harbor.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: II. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 680.4. Verso Text: MS notes: 105/582.
105:582 M
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Kashnor notes, "Gives a good map of Hudson's Bay, locating Port Nelson and New Severn, the place where Hudson wintered in 1611, and where Captain James wintered in 1631." Views of Eskimos and whaling. Frisland portrayed. Eskimo family scene, whaling scene. Submap of erroneous Russian map of Nova Zembla. Armorial arms of Fitz Charles.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: Ms note: 444 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast from Boston Harbor to the Chesapeake. The inset map locates New York, Bergen, West Chester and Flushing, Brookland, Newtown, Flatbush, Bedford, Utrecht and Gravesend on Long Island; in New Jersey it locates Newark, Woodbridge and Elizabeth Towne. Perth Citty, Dockura and Middletown." Kashnor dates ca. 1680. McCorkle confirms this is first edition, 1680. Submap: New York Harbor Cartouche with putti.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. References: McCorkle 680.4. Verso Text: MS note: 93 489.
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