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Plan of the Isle of Trinidad, from actual Surveys made in the Year 1797
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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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Nicely colored with a table of population figures for 1797. Prime meridian: Port of Spain. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 841 [scratched over].
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Kashnor notes, "Dedicated to James Bridges, Duke of Chandos. With inset plan of Bridgetown, prospect of Codrington College, and engraving representing the making of the survey; also statistics of population." See also 093:745M, another copy as engraved by John Senex 1722. Two elaborate cartouches. Submap - A Plan of Bridgetown. A view of Codrington College. View of surveyor with plane table, and native assistants with measuring wheel, surveying pole and chain. . Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: JW Whatman 1794. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: Ms notes: 174 4 sheets 23, 24, 25, 26..
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Kashnor notes, " With engraved locations of the 'Winter Quarters of the King's Army in Canada, 1776' and shoWing the old locations of the land grants around Lake Champlain and doWn to Lake George, made after the Old French War, a very rare map." see 105-305M for a variant copy. Elaborate cartouche of traders dealing With Indians for pelts. Includes "Winter quarters of the King's Army in Canada, 1776.". Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, statute, leagues, Canadian. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: J WHATMAN. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 777.19. Verso Text: MS note: 72.
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Submap: Cul de Sac Royal. "VIII (upper right)" Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 507 16.
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"Published by Permission of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and taken in 1766, by James Cook, afterwards Capt. Cook, the Celebrated Circumnavigator, and by Michael Lane in 1769." Submaps and sailing directions for the Straits of Bellisle. See 105:564M for a French copy of this map. Submaps: Bradhore Harbour; Red Bay; York, or Chateaux Bay; Cape Degrat; Croque Harbour; Old Ferrole Harbour.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 553.
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Submap: Chart of Falkland Islands.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 657 22.
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