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A New Map of Virginia Mary=Land And the Improved Parts of Penn=sylvania & New=Jersey

Description: Kashnor notes, " Senex brought this map up to date. The plate was formerly used by Thornton, Lea, and Morden." "Most humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney &c. Knight of the Most Noble and Anciet Order of Thistle 1719." See 105:821M for the earlier version. This version includes Longitude scale which 105:821 lacks. RLIN record gives date of this version as 1721. Cartouche with tobacco.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (leagues). Projection: Plane. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis AB. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Tooley (Amer.) p.104; Phillips M. p.980.. Verso Text: MS note: 822.
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Date: 1721
Call number: 105:822 M
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A New Map of Virginia Mary=Land And the Improved Parts of Penn=sylvania & New=Jersey

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast from Perth to the entrance of the Bay of Chesapeake - a fine clear old map. This is the earliest issue of the Senex map before his name was engraved in the cartouche." See also 105:822 with additional information in cartouche. Cartouche with tobacco.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (leagues). Projection: Plane. Watermark: HD. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Tooley (Amer.) p.104; Phillips M. p.980.. Verso Text: MS note: 821.

105:821 M

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Map of Virginia, Mary-Land, New Jarsey, New York,& New England

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Kashnor notes, "A fine copy of a very rare and important map. The inset map of New England is particularly interesting. In New Jersey it shows the Township of Bethlem opposite Philadelphia, laid out by Jame Wasse, who also laid out the township of Antioch." Kashnor dates as [1684]. Note with map identifies this as state (c) and dates as [?1685]. Cartouche: Indians, animals. Submap: Mapp of New England. Royal coats of arms.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 105/817.

105:817 M

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Aevi veteris, typus geographicus

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Kashnor notes, "A very interesting early map of the Eastern Hemisphere, omitting the northern coast of Scandinavia and the southern part of Africa. Nothing is included above the Arctic Circle, which, however, is placed much to far south and within six degrees of the Orkney Islands." See also 105:980 for colored version. Cartouche: Typical Ortelius; border heavily worked. Four small submaps of continents. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 176. Verso Text: Latin Text: Aevi Veteris MS note: 979.

105:979 M

Aevi veteris, typus geographicus

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Kashnor notes, "A very interesting early map of the Eastern Hemisphere, omitting the northern coast of Scandinavia and the southern part of Africa. Nothing is included above the Arctic Circle, which, however, is placed much to far south and within six degrees of the Orkney Islands." [Note from 105:979, uncolored duplicate.] Cartouche: Typical Ortelius; border heavily worked. Four small submaps of continents. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 176; Van der Broeke 186. Verso Text: Latin Text: Aevi Veteris [badly trimmed, see 105:979 for copy of text, noting this is a different printing.] MS note: 980.

105:980 M

A Map of the Inhabited Part of Canada from the French Surveys With the Frontiers of NeW York and NeW England from the Large Survey by Claude Joseph Sauthier

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This map is a variant of map 105:072M. A piece has been cut from beloW the cartouche and the explanation of the disposition of troops is not included. Elaborate cartouche of traders dealing With Indians for pelts.. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, statute, leagues, Canadian. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 777.19. Verso Text: MS note: 305 L11.

105:305 M

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A New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c. and the track of la Pérouse in the Pacific Ocean

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Kashnor notes, "A valuable map of the North-West Coast, showing the discoveries and tracks of La Perouse and Vancouver, 1793-95. It locates Drake's Harbour and Monterey in California, and the Columbia River is still called the Oregon." See 105:043 and 105:261 for this map as issued in 1794, 093:044 and 105:262 for an 1800 version. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top. Published information moved to make room for reference to la Pérouse.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 263 3.

105:263 M

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