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Partie de la Carte du Captaine Cluny Auteur d'un ovourage anglios intitulé American Traveller

Description: Kashnor notes, " From Norway and Spitzbergen to the Behring Straits; an accurate and very interesting map, showing the exact point at which North American exploration had arrived at the time. Cluny was one of the early Western Pioneers. The American Traveller was published anonymously in 1769. It gave more information about the West than any other work up to the time, and showed that the possibilities of the interior were very great, especially in the countries of the Hudson's Bay Company." Kashnor is only partly correct. Cluny wrote that he was sure no passage existed and argued that having the Hudson's Bay Company as sole exploiter of the area was costing the British government a great loss in taxes. The passage shown as the Nord Ouest Passage on this map was an invention of the publisher of this work, not Cluny. Note this is the only map of Robert de Vaugondy's series of ten with this wide format. Upper right corner- Suppl Carte 10. MS note: 438 (on backing). Prime meridian: Ferro. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Date: 1776
Call number: 105:438 S
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Carte qui represente les différentes connoissances que l'on à eues des Terres Arctiques depuis 1650 jusqu'en 1747 ausquelles il faut comparer la carte suivante Cte. 10 Par M. de Vaugondy 1773

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Kashnor notes, "The map of Hudson's Bay is taken from Henry Elis, who made the voyage in 1746-47. There are three other charts of the Bay, Sanson, and Delisle, 1700 and 1703." This is one of the set of ten maps done by Didier Robert de Vaugondy for the Diderot Encyclopedia Supplement. It compares four views of Hudson's Bay to show the variance with time and information. See 105:433 for the DeLisle 1703 map. Kashnor refers to the lower right or latest map from Henry Ellis. Supple. Number trimmed from upper right margin. Four maps on one sheet. MS note: 436 (on backing).. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Survey of the Coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina, taken the 29th. of June 1756. This Draught is Most Humbly Presented to His Excellency Arthur Dobbs, Esqr. His Majesties Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in & over the Province of North Carolina, & Vice Admiral of the Same, By His Excellencys Most Obedient & Most Devoted Humble Servant Arthur Mackay

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Kashnor notes, "The map is dedicated to Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina, and the great advocate of the Discovery of the North-West Passage.[And adversary of the Hudson's Bay Company.] It is a very rare chart." Kashnor dates as ca. 1756. Text on entering and using harbor. MS note: 377. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis, LVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 377.

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[Captain Thomas James map of Hudson's Bay] unlabeled

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Kashnor notes, " A lithographic reprint of the rare original published in 1633. The James Map was the only source from which cartographers took their coastline of Hudson's Bay until Middleton published his map in 1745, the old maps only having the localities known to the Hudson Bay Company captains. It was one of the first English maps to give the coast line of upper California, in which is located the present San Francisco under the name of Sr. Draco." This map follows the 1656 Sanson model for northern California, so the original may have been published later than Kashnor's date. Fox running with goose in mouth.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Polar. Watermark: Fenced lion with sword. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Figures . Verso Text: MS note: 440.

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To Arthur Dobbs, Rowland Fry, James Douglas, Henry Douglas, John Tomlinson, Robert Macky, William Bowden and Samuel Smith, Esqrs. This Chart of the Coast where a Northwest Passage was attempted under their direction in the years 1746 and 1747, is most respectfully dedicated by their Agent & very humble Servt. Henry Ellis

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Kashnor notes, "This expedition is commonly associated with the name of Ellis in consequence of his having written an account of it in his book, 'A Voyage to Hudson's Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California,' 1748. He was nominally agent for the committee, but in reality hydrographer and surveyor. The net result of the expedition was the decision that the long-sought passage could not lie through Hudson's Bay. Sayer, the map maker, appears to have come into possession of the old plate, but this is the first issue of the map." Map contains notes regarding the exploration of several possible passages. Ships & whales.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 439 Q29.

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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes quiy ont été faites Dresée sur plusieurs Observations et sur un grand nombre de Relations imprimées ou manuscrites Par Guillaume Del'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Premier Geographe du Roy

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Kashnor notes, " Indicates the location of the Indian nations and the French forts, especially those taken from the Hudson's Bay Company. It locates the wintering place, on the Bay, of Jean Munck in 1619. This is one of the earliest issues of Delisle's map." See also 105:431, 105:432 for later versions. Cartouche with natives.. Prime meridian: Ferro?. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 703.5. Verso Text: MS notes: 432.

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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes qui y ont été faites Dresée sur les Observations les plus Nouvelles, & sur divers Mémoires tant Manuscrits qu' imprimez

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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.

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Partie de la Carte du Captaine Cluny Auteur d'un ovourage anglios intitulé American Traveller

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