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    New Map of America

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    Kashnor notes, "printed outline, filled in and coloured by hand. Locates New Albion, St. Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Diego in California; also Juan de Fuca Strait, Skillute, Shishone in Oregon Territory." [May have been a school project.] Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Whatman Turkey Mill. Printing Process: Engraving, etching. Verso Text: MS note: 264.

    105:264 S

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    North America Drawn from the latest and best Authorities

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the California coast north the Juan de Fuca Strait, with the entrance of Aguilar in the locality of the Columbia River and as the outlet of the River of the West." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar, dual hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 278.

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    Charte von America : nach astronomischen Bestimmungen, den neuesten Nachrichten und Charten / entworfen von F.L. Güfsefeld [sic]

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    Kashnor notes, "Locates Drake's Haven, San Bernardino, Monterey, Juan de Fuca Strait, Nootka, and a good coastline to Alaska." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Anchor? Figures?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 227.

    105:227 M

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    Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Rédigée par A. Brué Géographe du Roi

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the boundary of Oregon reaching north in a semicircle from Juan de Fuca Straits to include the northern part of the Columbia River, and as part of the United States." "Gravée sous la direction de l'Auteur. Atlas Universal Pl. 33" Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 698 Brue N. Am. 1825.

    105:698 M

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    Chart exhibiting the New Discoveries in the North & South Pacific Ocean, also those on the North-west Coast of America

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to the North-West, and locates Port Sir Fran. Drake, Juan de Fuca Strait, Nootka Sound and other discoveries by Cook." Kashnor notes date as ca. 1780. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    105:014 M

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    A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries. 1763

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    Kashnor notes, "A good map of the far west to the Lake of the Woods, and locating Fort St. Charles and Fort St. Pierre. Shows the old boundaries of Carolina, Virginia, and New England reaching beyond the Mississippi." MS note: 524 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    105:524 S