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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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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to the North-West, and locates Port Sir Fran. Drake, Juan de Fuca Strait, Nootka Sound and other discoveries by Cook." Kashnor notes date as ca. 1780. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
105:014 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows all the west coast and locates the Oregon River,Vancouver's discoveries, and it is one of the earliest English maps to locate Great Salt Lake under the name of Nadonessis." Decorative surround.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 560.
093:560 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Pacific Coast as it was known immediately before Vancouver's discoveries. It is a good map of the North West and Alaska." See also 105:267M for an apparent later version. Ms note: 266 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: 1794 Whatman. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 266.
105:266 S
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Kashnor notes, "Probably the last map issued before the discoveries of Vancouver and La Perouse. Locates New Albion, Drake's Harbor, Port Monterey, Dixon's Strait, Nootka and Fuca Entrance." See 105:271M for a later version (1812). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 48.
105:048 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast-line of the North-West from California to Alaska before the discoveries of Vancouver. It curiously locates the Oregon River flowing from a range of mountains, in the neighborhood of present day Montana, into the entrance of Juan de Fuca Straits." Britain is shown as possessing Alaska. Table: A Particular Subdivision of America amongst the Several Powers to which it at Present Belongs.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Azimuthal. Verso Text: MS note:548.
093:548 M
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Kashnor notes, "Locates San Francisco, Monterey, San Gabriel and San Diego in California, and also shows all the country north of the Californian border coloured green as part of the United States. It locates Columbia River with Clark's and Lewis's branches, also the Frazer River." Shows Pacific Islands to New Zealand, west coast of Africa. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: North America 58 North America 59 282/105 (upper sheet) South America 60 South America 61 (lower sheet) .
105:282 M