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Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America
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Map of northern Alabama and Georgia
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Not a part of a larger map, this map must be from the latter part of the 19th century. Label pasted on verso: "Compiled and engraved at the U.S. Coast Survey Office ..." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: U.S. Coast 253710.
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A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England
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A large map in four sheets. Maine is shown as the "Eastern Part of Massachusets." Vermont is still part of New Hampshire. The arrival of the Mayflower is part of the cartouche with natives presenting a beaver as a sign of peace and Ms. Liberty pointing the way forward to a mixed forest of firs and palm trees. Cartouche: Mayflower arrival. Sub maps: Plan of the Town of Boston; Plan of Boston Harbor from an Accurate Survey. "containing the Provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, Divided into Counties and Townships The whole composed from Actual Surveys and its Situation adjusted by Astronomical Observantions." "Lotter Sculpsit 1776" Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crosslike device over LK?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 150091 scribbling.
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Chart of the Northern Passage between Asia & America
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Below neatline right: Neele, Sculp. 352 Strand. Thomson's Atlas published in Edinburgh. See map 105:016M for another copy, undated. Shows Cook's tracks 1778-1779; McKenzie's River. Minimal Compass Rose.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper plate. Other Features: Explorer Tracks. Verso Text: MS note: No. 14.
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A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia, New York [etc.]. Revised by Jon Senex, 1719
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Kashnor notes, "a rare and important map." This is the second & last state of the Morden map, see 105:541M, only the cartouche is changed. Cartouche surmounted by dedication. Submaps: The Harbour of Boston or Massachusetts Bay; A General map of the Coasts and Isles of Europe, Africa, and America. "I. Harris sculp: Dedication: Most humbly Inscrib'd ti Herver Edgly Herver of Clapham Esq. &c." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. References: Tooley (Amer) p.63, #20. Verso Text: MS note: 542.
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Stanford's map of the seat of the war in America
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2480 l Stanford, Edward, publisher. Stanford's Map of the Seat of the War in America. London, Edward Stanford, 1861. 1 sheet. [see p.]."MS notes at top of sheet give a date and identify one former owner of the map as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Rifle Brigade, though it does not say which one. Publishers' advertisement pasted to verso. MS notes: N.W. Fyns(?) Lieut. Coll. Rifle Brigade. Lent this map Aug. 31st 1862.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: N. America Civil War 1862 RB 11489,n p maps Stanford 1861. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..
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A New and Exact Map of the Island of St. Christopher in America
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One map on four sheets. Cartouche: Vined columns. Jams. Mynde Sculp. Dedication: Military decorations. Table: An Alphabetical List of the Subscribers Names. Submap: The Leeward Caribee Islands. Table of areas of each Parish.. "According to an Actual and Accurate Survey made in the Year 1753. Describing the several Parishes with their respective limits, Contents, & Churches, also the high ways, the Situation of every Gentleman's Plantation, Mills and Houses; with the Rivers, and Gutts. Likewise the Bays, Roads, Rocks, Shoals and Soundings that Surround the Whole. By Saml. Baker Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy." "To the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain &c. This map is most humbly Dedicated By their Lordships most Obedient humble Servt. Saml. Baker." Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 7, 8, 9, 10 778 four sheets.
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