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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, locating Pto. Francisco Draco, Santa Barbara and San Diego. The Terre de Jesso almost touches California, which shows the prevailing idea that Asia and America were only separated by a narrow strait." This is a reissue of the 1674 map, see McLaughlin 55. Kashnor dates as [1696]. Date has been removed. This map duplicates 093:161. Title cartouche, scale decoration.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McLaughlin 55; Wagner 409b; Wheat 58; Tooley 37 (Plate 44) and 38; Leighly 64; Jaillot I, Aa(5). Verso Text: MS note: 162.
093:162 M
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Kashnor notes, "Carries the western coast no further north than Cape Blanco, but locates Pto. de Francisco Draco and Monte Rey, also Santa Fe in New Mexico." This is an updated and smaller version of Jaillot's 1692 map (093:161M) now showing California as a peninsula. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche.
105:206 M
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Kashnor notes, "A second edition of Jaillot's map, showing California, with the Terre de Jesso only separated from it by a strait." California is shown as an island. McLaughlin identifies as State 1. Canada or Nouvelle France stretches across most of northern America except for Virginie, N. Hollande and N. Angleterre, squeezed against East Coast. Alternate title above neat line. Decorative cartouche. A second cartouche surrounds a scale in six different units. . Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Yes. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Phillips 522; McLaughlin 113 (state1); Wheat 74; Leighly 98.. Verso Text: MS note: No. 5.
093:004 M
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Kashnor notes, "This does not show the Mississippi of La Salle, nor are the coastlines of Lake Superior or Michigan complete. California is an island, on which are shown New Albion, Port of Francis Drake, Santa Barbara, etc." Alt. title from top of page. McLaughlin identifies author as Sanson, Nicholas/ Jaillot, Hubert since this is a copy of Sanson's 1656 map. Rio del Norte flows into Mer Vermejo. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, various. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 113; Wheat 74; Leighly 98. Verso Text: MS note: 154.
093:154 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and inserts 'Terre de Jesso ou Je co' between 40 deg. and 50 deg." This map was originally drawn from Sanson's model in 1674. Since this copy is undated, Shirley suggest it is State 3 of Plate IV, done after 1696. Cordier sc. missing this state. Elaborate cartouche of putti on dolphins, mermen below.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Shirley 462; BL 150.e13; Wagner 409a.. Verso Text: MS note: 246.
105:246 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Terre de Jesso almost touching California, the then existing idea of the passage between Asia and America. Locates the Terre de Quir, which though out of the longitude, resembles the Northern Coast of Australia. Shows also New Holland and the coast of New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land." Shirtley 550 says this map is the fourth plate of Sanson's original 1674 map and gives atlas source. Cartouches: elaborate upper and lower cartouches with mermen and sea creatures. "Par le Sr. Sanson Geographe Ordinaire du Roy 1691." "Presenté a Monsigneur le Dauphin, Par son tres-humble, tres-obeissant, et tres-fidele servuiteur, Hubert Jaillot." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Shirley 550, LC 524.. Verso Text: MS note: 148966.
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