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Boston Harbor in New=England

Description: Kashnor notes, "Excessively rare. The earliest known map of Boston Harbor, probably the work of John Seller. It locates Boston, with the old dock and fort, Sentenall Hill immeadiately behind the fort. Shows Charles Town and Winasemet to the north, Dorchesterneck to the south of Boston." Kashnor dates as ca. 1670. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 530 (on backing).
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Date: ca. 1670
Call number: 105:530 S
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Plan of Port Antonio, on the North-East Side of Jamaica

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"The Fort in 18° 19' North Latitude, 75° 23' Longitude W. from London." Kashnor notes, "There is no imprint or engraver, but it was probably issued for use of vessels during Admiral Vernon's expedition in 1741. It shows Fort George, and locates a careening place on Navy Island." Kashnor dates as ca. 1741. Note MS map of Boston harbor on the verso of this map. MS note: 804 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Plane. Watermark: EAR. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS map of Boston Harbor of a similar date. The map has been torn and repaired with a piece laid over the center of the hand drawn map.

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British Possessions in North America

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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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Plan of the Town of Boston, in New England, Distinguishing That Part which was burnt in 1760

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Kashnor notes, "The fire referred to destroyed practically the whole of the central part of the city, between Cornhill and the harbour." MS note: 68 (on backing). Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Plan du Port de Gouadaquini now called Jekil Sound in the Province of Georgia in North America, Latitude 31:13 North

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Kashnor notes, "Bears no imprint but was undoubtedly issued during Admiral Vernon's expedition in 1741. It locates Fredericksburg, with a stockade fort at the entrance to the Sound, and the old Spanish fort of Ladrillo." Kashnor makes no mention of the manuscript map [RB Map 093:393A] found on the verso of this map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1741. MS note: 393 (on backing). Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: EV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 393 (on backing) Manuscript map from 1801. See 093:393A..

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New Map of the North Parts of America claimed by France under the Names of Louisiana, Mississipi, Canada & New France , with the Adjeyning Territories of England and Spain. by H. Moll Geographer. 1729

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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good map of the Illinois country, and locates Aiaoute (Iowa) village, later called Aiaouez, in the present day location of Iowa City." wormholes. MS note: 420 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 420 (on backing).

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A New Map of New England. New York. New Jarsey. Pensilvania. Maryland. and Virginia. by Philip Lea in Cheap-side London

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Kashnor notes: "An exceedingly rare map locating as far up the Hudson River as New Albanie; locates Fort Elsinborough on the Delaware, and takes in the coast from Cape Henry to Boston." McCorkle states this is a later state of Lea's 1680 map, which the British Library says is from 1686, similar to Kashnor's dating. Kashnor dates as ca. 1686. Atlantic Ocean is named "Sea of the English Empire." Submap: Entry to New York Harbor.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: II. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 680.4. Verso Text: MS notes: 105/582.

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