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Neue und Accurate Carte von der Insel Corsica

Description: Printed in German edition of Boswell's "An Account of Corsica." Noted as after 1755. Cartouche: Coat of arms, most likely that of James Boswell. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms notes: Jacob Boswells 152829.
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Date: [1755]
Call number: 152829
Dimensions: 27 x 43 cm
Associated people: Sysang, Johanna Dorothea, (1729-1791.)
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Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue Dresée en 1722 por le l'usage du Roy Sur les memoires de Mr. Frezier Ingenieur de. S. M. el autres assujetis aux Observations Astronomiques. Par G. Delisle premier Geographe du Roy, de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences. A Paris Chex l'Auteur sur le Quay de l'Horloge

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See 093:781M for a later copy. Cartouche: Framed w. coat of arms.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross device. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 780.

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Carte de l'Isle de Saint Domingue Dresée en 1722 por le l'usage du Roy Sur les memoires de Mr. Frezier Ingenieur de. S. M. el autres assujetis aux Observations Astronomiques

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See 093:780M for an earlier copy. Kashn or dates this as ca. 1730. Cartouche: Framed w. coat of arms. MS note: 49 (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 781.

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Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia

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Appeared in and publisher info from Van der Krogt (map 9510:2). See also: 105:521, 093:678 in Museum Bookstore Collection. Previous mat dated as 1630, probably too early, Kashnor dated his copies as 1650. Elaborate cartouche with Spanish coat of arms. Armadillos below. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Nova Hispania [text in Latin]; K; 11. MS notes: 345- Dodd - II - 1919 MS/LVN.

150259

Umgebungen von Laibach und Adelsberg

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2518 d Laibach. Umgebungen von Laibach und Adelsberg. [Vienna?], D. Huber, C. Stein, 1871. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."MS note in Burton's hand in left margin. Laibach (Ljubljana) is in the upper right corner of the map, Adelsberg (Postojna) is in the bottom center. Below the neat line is an embossed stamped with the double-headed eagle that appears in the imperial coat of arms for the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Russian Empire, among others.Probably removed from Spezial-Karte der Herzogthümer Steiermark, Kärnten und Krain, der gefürsteten Grafschaft Görz und Gradiska, der Markgrafschaft Istrien, der reichsunmittelbaren Stadt Triest sammt ihrem Gebiete und des königlich ungarischen Küstenlandes, first published in Vienna in 1842 and republished in 1875. Embossed deal of Austro-Hungary. MS notes: Burton's indecipherable hand. Other: Burton (map collection) Laibach 2518. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Nova Hispania et Nova Galacia

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Kashnor dates as ca. 1650. This map may have been exchanged with 093:678 at some time. Colored version of map can be seen in Blaeu's 1663 French edition of Le Grande Atlas (RB 74701 v. 12 p. 29). With the blank verso it is a variant of Van der Krogt 9510:2. Elaborate cartouche with Spanish coat of arms. Armadillos below. See also RB 150259. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 678/ 93.

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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali : cum terris adiacentibus

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Florida extends across the Gulf Coast. Lowery states "This map is reprinted with the same title and same plate in Jansson, 1642." Cartouche: reptiles and putti. Dedication: Figures and coat of arms, "Amplmo. prudmo. doctmoque. viro D. Alberto Conradi vander Burch, I.C. Reip. Amsterdamensis Senatori, Collegii Scabinorum Praesidi, Societatis Indicae, quae ad Occidentem militat, aßeßori, et nuper ad Magnum Moscoviae Ducem Legato." Date and publisher are based on language and signature on verso, according to Van der Krogt and Burden. MS notes: Antilles 2+ mat sticker: 1258. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Lowery, 129; Philips, Atlases, 455; Van der Krogt, map 9600:2B; Burden, map 242. Verso Text: Dutch Atlas text; 4 ; C; MS note: 150053.

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Neue und Accurate Carte von der Insel Corsica

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