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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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See 093:159M for an earlier version of this map. MS note: "Born in 1675" ; "Died in 1726" - on either side of L'Isle's name. Cartouche: Mermen. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, various. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: l'Amerique Septentrionale 93:160 [erased].
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Famous de l'Isle map with South America curving west. See 093:631 for Sanson's copy of this map. Cartouche: Figures & scrolling.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained maltese cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 610 29.
093:610 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Argentine provinces as 'Provinces de Rio de la Plata'." [Shows l'Isle's 1700 version of this map with westward tilting South America.] See also 093:610M. Alt. title from upper margin. Cartouche: Natives. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 836.
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Map famous for native boatmen paddling in opposite directions and for sunken birds swimming in open ocean. Also for imaginary Pepys Island off Argentina. Cartouche: Natives. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: W M. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes; Paraguay Chili.
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This is Sanson's version of famous de l'Isle map with South America curving west. See 093:610 or RB 295821. Kashnor dates as ca. 1680, but de l'Isle's map preceded this one. Kashnor notes, "Shows the Argentine provinces as "Provinces de Rio de la Plata." Cartouche: Figures & scrolling. MS note: No. 1 (upper left). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 631.
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Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: W M. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: L'Isle de St. Dominique.
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