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Kashnor notes, "The Oregon boundary follows the Columbia River, and reaches north to the 53rd parallel. [Kashnor has apparently confused this map with another since this map goes no further north than the 44th parallel.] The map shows Mexico (as) including California, New Mexico and Texas, locating Pt. San Francisco, Hyerba Buena, Monterey, Santa Fé, Taos, &c." "Rédigée par Brué Géographe." "Gravée sous la direction de l'Auteur. Seal of the author. [Map continuation] Gautemala ou Provinces-Unies de l'Amerique Centrale." Continuation map at different scale. Submap: Iles Revillagigedo.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 223.
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French titled copy of English map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1792. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Grapes? lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 577.
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Kashnor notes, "One of the most accurate maps of the day, locating all of the discoveries of Lewis and Clark, the international boundary reaches only to the Rockies, Oregon being evidently no man's land, for the Mexican boundary is at the 42nd parallel.. Locates San Francisco, Monterey, and other old Spanish settlements." Shows River S. Phillippe flowing from Utah to California coast south of Monterey. Prime meridian: Washington, DC. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Etats Unis (Warden) shown twice. Attached hexagonal seller's seal - Auvray Marchand d Estampes et de Cartes Géographiques. Quai Malaquais No. 11. A Paris. MS note: 166 (on seal) Seal has tag extending above top edge of map..
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Kashnor notes, "The Oregon boundary follows the Columbia River, and reaches north to the 53rd parallel. The map shows Mexico, including California, New Mexico and Texas, locating Pt. San Francisco, Hyerba Buena, Monterey, Santa Fé, Taos, etc." Seal impressed: Carte Encyprotiff du fondo du Auteur. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 552.
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Kashnor notes: "Shows the Oregon coast from latitude 42 to 48, and gives the territory east of Walla Walla, locating Astoria and Fort Clatsop or Fort George, and the various Indian tribes with their numbers. Along the coast are shown the tracks of Cook and Vancouver." Rosenthal identifies author as Vandermaelen. Manasek notes Brussels as publication location. Text lists Indain tribes and their numbers.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Text block. Verso Text: MS note: No.564.
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A collection of 78 items from 1779 to 1835; it contains miscellaneous correspondence and papers, in French and English, dealing with Lafayette's family, property, military and political career, particularly his imprisonment by the Austrians and his visit to the United States in 1824 to 1825. Included are individual letters dealing with his command in the American Revolution and his role in the French Revolution. The collection holds 37 letters written by Lafayette; other correspondents include, among others, Erick Bollman; Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette; Georges Washington Lafayette; and Auguste Adolphe Frederick de Hennings.
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