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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Kashnor notes, "Locates Pine Fort and McDouall's House south-west of Lake Winnipeg; also the Hudson's Bay Forts to the Rockies." MS note: 495 (on backing). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: Faint text bleeding..
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Kashnor notes, "Privately printed for the Hudson's Bay Company and its officers. Indicates, by colour, the respective possessions of the Company and those of the British and Russian crowns; also the Company's stations outside of their chartered territory, and those of the Church Missionary Society." Map shows isothermal lines, relative area of Hudson's Bay Company's Chartered Territory (Ruperts Land) as 1,427,930 square miles, vs. France (207,252 sq. mi.) England and Wales (57,812 sq. mi.) and Russia (2,120,397 sq. mi.). Some thirty three properties outside the chartered territory are shown, some in the US. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 442.
105:442 M
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Submap of Hudson's and Baffin Bays. Rosenthal identifies Lewis as having been active in Philadelphia and doing maps for Carey. Submap of Hudson's & Baffin Bays. Greenish tint paper. MS notes: 279 1794. Prime meridian: London, Philadelphia. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 279 1794.
093:279 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows Hudson's Bay Territory, locating all the forts as far North-west as Slave Fort, west to McLeod's and Fork Fort on Peace River. Gives the north-west coast from San Francisco to Point Valdez in Alaska." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: J Whatman 1810. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 226.
093:226 M
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Kashnor notes, "In what is now Missouri appears a lake 'laid down according to Mr. Laurence who is said to have traveled through this country to California in 1790 and 1791.' This is no doubt the Great Salt Lake, much exaggerated in size." This is a reissue of the 1799 map, without apparent changes, see 1105:276. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 277.
105:277 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to the North-West as far as then known. Locates San Francisco, Puerto de Monterey, and St. Pedro. Shows a lake 'laid down according to Mr. Laurence who is said to have traveled through this country to California in 1790 and 1791." See also 105:277 for a later edition of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: 1799. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 276.
105:276 M