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Kashnor notes, "a rare French chart with the soundings." Contains submaps. Kashnor dates as ca. 1690. Submaps: Channel east of Isle de Orleans; l'Isle Rouge; Quebec to Lake Ontario extension; Havre St. Nicolas; Les Septe Isles. Vignette: view of traverse between Cape Tourmente and l'Isle de Orleans.. Prime meridian: Quebec. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Beads with cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 358.
093:358 M
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Kashnor notes, "Showing Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and the entrance to La Plata, locating Buenos Ayres and Monte Video." Kashnor dates as ca. 1670. Cartouche: cherubs.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 700.
093:700 M
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Kashnor notes, "Evidently issued soon after the first voyages by the Hudson's Bay Company, for it locates Port Nelson and New Severn. It is a very valuable map of the early decorative type." Cartouche with angels.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 449.
105:449 M
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Kashnor notes, "A rare map of Hearne's journey to the Coppermine River." Hearne's routes shown in hand color. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned coat-of-arms, Adriaan Rocce. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 26.
093:026 M
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Kashnor notes, "A rare map, issued during the Old French War. It is one of the earliest maps to locate Gwahago, the present-day Cleveland, and shows the boundaries claimed by Britain and France." MS note: H102 (upper right). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis Van der Ley. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 531.
093:531 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows New Netherland, showing "Nieu Amsterdam ofte nieu Yorck," New London, Long Island, "Noorte Rivier" and Boston ; also shows Newfoundland, New France, part of the West Indies and South America." Kashnor dates as [1695]. Cartouche: colored w. putti and atlas.. Prime meridian: Teneriffe. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 501.
093:501 M