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The West Indies According to the best Authorities

Description: Kashnor notes: "Includes the coast of present-day Texas, New Leon, Louisiana and Florida." "Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography." Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 802.
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Date: 1 January 1785
Call number: 105:802 S
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West Indies

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Kashnor notes, "A valuable map, showing Texas and the Colony of New Santander, and locates El Paso in New Mexico." Kashnor shows [Carey, 1818]. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 803.

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West Indies

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Kashnor notes: "Shows the coast of Florida, Georgia, and Caroline; also Louisiana and present-day Texas." Kashnor dates as [1817]. "Enrgaved by Kirkwood & Son Edinb." "No. 60 (upper right)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 804.

105:804 M

An Accurate Map of the West Indies

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Kashnor notes, "Includes Florida, Georgia, Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Also shows the coast of New Leon and present-day Texas." Kashnor dates as ca. 1767. RLIN record suggests 1747. Cartouche: Natives & Lion.. "Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps and Charts, and regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note:943.

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Martinico, one of the Caribbee Islands, in the West Indies; Subject to the French. according to Observations of Mr. Houel Engineer, by Thos. Jefferys, Geographer ti His Royal Highness the Prince

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Kashnor dates ca. 1760. Cartouche: framed with sugar cane. MS note: 813. Prime meridian: Ferro, London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis over IVC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: M

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An Accurate Map of the West Indies, from the Latest Improvements

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the eastern coast from Cape Carteret to the mouth of the Orinoco, and locates New Leon in the position of present-day Texas." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. MS note: 794 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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A New Map of the West India Isles, from the Latest Authorities, By John Cary, Engraver. 1803

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast of present-day Texas, Florida, North and South Carolinas." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 801 56.

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The West Indies According to the best Authorities

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