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Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Nebraska extends to Oregon and Washington, Utah to the California border, New Mexico covers Arizona, Minnesota extends west through the Dakotas. Submaps: Central America; West Indies; Newfoundland. Vignettes: Numerous Natives, animals, ships. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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One sheet with maps of six islands. Kashnor dates as ca. 1719. Submaps: Generall Chart of the West Indies; Barbados with St. Michaels or the Bridge Town; Bermudos; Tobago; Antego; St. Christophers; New Map of the Island of Jamaica; The Harour of Port Royall.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (each map). Projection: Plane. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis BA. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Submaps.
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Kashnor notes, "The map also shows parts of Louisiana and South Carolina, and Central America. It is dedicated to William Paterson, the promoter of the Darien Colony." Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. View of Mexico City. Five submaps. See also 105:328M for another copy. View of Mexico City with building key; Submaps: St. Augustine; Vera Cruz; Havana; Darien; Cartagena.. "with the adjacent Countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also the Trade Winds, and the several Tracts [sic] made by the Galeons [sic] and Flota from place to place. According to the Newest and most Exact Observations by Herman Moll Geographer." "To Wil. Paterson Esq; This map of the West-Indies &c. is most Humbly Dedicated by Herman Moll Geographer." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 958.
105:958 M
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Kashnor notes, "An exceedingly rare map, shoWing the country West of the Mississippi, the boundaries of Virginia, North and South Carolina, reaching to that river. The inset map of the country locates Old Forts EdWard, William Henry, Frederic, St. John, and Chamilles to the St. LaWrence, and Albany, Schenectadi, Forts Hunter and OsWego to Lake Ontario." Kashnor dates as ca. 1764. Submaps and treaty articles. See 093:532 for another copy. "a NeWMap, Wherein the British Empire and its limits, according to the difinitive (sic) Treaty of Peace in 1763, are accurately described, and the Dominions possessed by the Spaniards, the French and other European States; the Whole compiled from the NeWSurveys and Authentic Memoirs that have hitherto appeared. " Cartouche With Natives. Submaps: Particular Map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay; Map of the Country betWeen Montreal, Albany and OsWego. Paper sale tag, June 7, 1927 With MS note: #669.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsFigures .
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A large map with several submaps. Several 1850's voyages have been plotted by hand on this map. A blueback map futher backed with linen. Submaps: Philippine Islands; Sandwich Islands; Marian or Ladrone Islands; Harbour of San Francisco; Awatska Bay; Hanalai Boy; Kairua Bay; Honoruroi (Honolulu) harbor; Mouth of the Columbia River; Victoria Harbour; Walakai or Byron Bay. MS note: 214364.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: North Pacific.
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"Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of The National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Washington, 1939. Arthur H. Bumstead, Chief Geographer." Submaps: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; Saint Thomas; Isthmus of Panama; Jamaica: Cuba: Bermuda Islands. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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