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Carte Générale du Globe Terrestre par A. H. Brué Géographe Du Roi

Description: Kashnor notes, "Gives a good map of the North-West Coast, and shows Oregon extending into British Columbia. Locates San Francisco, San Carlos, and Monterey." Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 701 Charles Simonneau label, Mappamonde. Signature on separate label..
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Date: 1837
Call number: 105:701 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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Mappe-monde ou description generale du globe terrestre et aquatique : selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc

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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and inserts an imaginary coastline across the Pacific Ocean in a north-westerly direction from Cape Horn. At the top is a curious engraving representing the earth floating in space." Kashnor dates as 1714. Rosenthal dates as 1713 and gives appeared in information. Elaborate border of allegorical figures, animals . Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 248.

105:248 M

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Carte de l'Oceanie ou Coinquime Partie du Monde

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Kashnor notes, "Shows North America to the latitude of Nootka, and locates the Columbia or Oregon with Forts Astoria and Clatsop, also San Francisco, San Carlos, Monterey, and San Juan." Divides the South Pacific into areas of Malasian, Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian peoples with outline color. Submap depicts eastern Australian settlements (New South Wales) as reported by the British Admiralty in 1833.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: Tag: Océanie from Charles Simonneau, Gravuer. Signature on label: Edw. Denny (?).

105:221 M

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Mappe Monde en deux Hemispheres. Dressée Par A. H. Brué, Géographe de S. A. R. Monsieur

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Seal embossed bottom right "Catre Encyprotipe du fonds de l'Auteur." Surrounding seal, "Depuis 1822 l'auteur ne donne ses soins qu'aux cartes quiportent son adresse et ce timbre. Il est étranger depuis cette époque a tout travail ou changement de date des autres cartes.". Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note:37.

105:037 M

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Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre

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Kashnor notes, "The old plate of Palariet worked up by Vaugondy, with the discoveries of Cook on the North-West, and the fabrications of Del Fonte. It is a curious map, though of some geographical interest in showing how geographers in France still believed in Del Fonte in face of the facts to the contrary shown in Cook's discoveries." Alaska is an island per Von Staehlen model, Australia better defined, Antipodes of European cities from earlier Palariet map, see 105:038M. Cartouches with figures between hemispheres, upper and lower.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Lettering, shield?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: 13. Mappemonde. MS note: 39..

105:039 M

New Map of the World, with Captain Cook's Tracks, his Discoveries and those of the other Circumnavigators

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Kashnor notes, "Locates San Francisco, P. Sir Francis Drake, Port Diego, and Monterey Bay; also the Oregon River." See 105:048 for an earlier version (1794). Vancouver Island now appears and Tasmania is separated. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 271.

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Carte Générale du Globe Terrestre par A. H. Brué Géographe Du Roi

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