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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Badly torn. Beautifully drawn map illustrated with two vignettes and one sub map. Submap: Continuation of the Straits of Karquines. Vignettes: Entrance to San Francisco Bay from near Penole Pt.; View to the Entrance to Karquines Straits and Vicinity from near Penole Pt. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: So. Calif.
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Kashnor notes, "A very interesting map, showing the Arctic Coast from Nova Zembla to north of Baffin's Bay, and indicating the tracks of Behring, Tschitikow, Schestakows, and Pawlutzki. Behring Strait named 'Straits of Anian of the Ancient Geographers,' and the country on the Siberian side is very fully detailed." This is an English copy of Gerhard Müller's map. Explanation of Russian terms.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis over LVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 56.
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Kashnor notes, "Remarkable from its showing California as a peninsula, contrary to the practice of all other cartographers until about 1710. It identifies the 'Straits of Anian' with the Behring Strait." Kashnor dates as [1679]. Shirley establishes as 1663, Amsterdam, from second bible map, first state. Two sub maps, One of Ptolemaic universe (central earth) the other of Copernican universe with central sun. Art work depicts the four continents. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 431, British Museum Map 463.f.9. Verso Text: MS note: 52.
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First published April 1889. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded, hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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