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Track Survey of the River Parana Sheet No. 3 ;(Paloma Island to Curumbe Island)

Description: An extremely fragile map. There appear to have been nine sections, each covering part of the river. Because of its condition, images are of section 3 only. The folder contains five of the nine sheets. Probably excerpted from: Page, Thomas J. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay, New York, 1859. "Surveyed by Commander Ths. J. Page. U.S.S. Water Witch. 1855." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker (one section) 128052.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1855
Call number: 128052
Creator: Page, Thomas Jefferson (1808-1899)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 110 x 73 cm
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Reference Chart to the Track Survey of the Tributaries if Rio la Plata

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See 128052 for a similar map of the Parana River. "By Commander Thos. J. Page U.S.S. Water Witch 1855." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128534.

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Track Survey of the River Uruguay with portions of the Rios Negro And Gualeguaychu. Sheet no. 1, Higueritas to Laguna and Sausal Islands

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128054

The provinces of the Rio de la Plata and adjacent countries : chiefly from the map constructed / by J. Arrowsmith for Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H., drawn by Augustus Petermann

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2458 d Arrowsmith, J. The provinces of the Rio de la Plata and adjacent countries, chiefly from the map constructed ... for Sir Woodbine Parish ... drawn by Augustus Petermann. [London], A. Petermann, [1850?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Includes section views: "Section from Raya Pass to Buenos Ayres through the Peru Bolivian Tablelands, and the Travesia and the Pampas of La Plata" and "Section from Valpraiso to Buenos Ayres." The map by Sir Woodbine Parish, on which this is based, was published in 1852. Martin de Moussy published his Description géographique et statique de la Confédération Argentina after this map, in 1860. (Técnica, política y "deseo territorial" en la cartografía oficial de la Argentina (1852-1941), Carla Lois, Scripta Nova, volume 10, number 218 (52), August 1 2006.) Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. Submap: Section from Raya Pass to Buenos Ayres, through the Peru Bolivian Tablelands and the Traversia and the Pampas of La Plata; Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Stamp: Kensington Public Library. MS notes in Paraguay and Brazil.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: Stamp: Kensington Public Library (3).

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Copy of survey of 1,030 acres on west side of Rivanna River, one mile below Milton

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Autograph manuscript, pen and ink. Copy made by Jefferson of William Tompkins survey conducted June 1812. (1 page)

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Preliminary Chart of James River Virginia : from Richmond to City Point Including the Appomattox River from Petersburg to the junction

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Nine persons, all named, helped to make this navigational chart. "(C No. 4) " "Triangulation by J. Farley and W. P. Trowbridge, Lieut. U.S. Eng's. Assists.Topography by J. Seib and S. Wainwright Sub-Assists. Hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. R. Wainwright, U.S.N. Assists. 1855 Red'd. Drng by W. T. Martin. Eng'd. by W. Langran and App. F. W. Benner. Verified H. W. Benham, Capt. of Eng'rs. Asst. C.S. in charge of Office." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 127900.

127900

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A survey of the northern neck of Virginia ; the courses of the rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack, in Virginia, as surveyed according to order in the years 1736 & 1737

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A reduced photo-lithograph of an earlier map. "...being the Lands belonging to the Rt. Honourable Thomas Lord Farifax Baron Cameron, bounded by & within the Bay of Chesapoyocke and between the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack." The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128020 MS note: 128020.

128020

Track Survey of the River Parana Sheet No. 3 ;(Paloma Island to Curumbe Island)

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