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British Possessions in North America
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Kashnor notes, "Locates Pine Fort and McDouall's House south-west of Lake Winnipeg; also the Hudson's Bay Forts to the Rockies." MS note: 495 (on backing). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: Faint text bleeding..
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Map of British North America. Drawn by J. Arrowsmith
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Kashnor notes, "Privately printed for the Hudson's Bay Company and its officers. Indicates, by colour, the respective possessions of the Company and those of the British and Russian crowns; also the Company's stations outside of their chartered territory, and those of the Church Missionary Society." Map shows isothermal lines, relative area of Hudson's Bay Company's Chartered Territory (Ruperts Land) as 1,427,930 square miles, vs. France (207,252 sq. mi.) England and Wales (57,812 sq. mi.) and Russia (2,120,397 sq. mi.). Some thirty three properties outside the chartered territory are shown, some in the US. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 442.
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A New Map of the United States of North America with the British Dominions on the Continent &c. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician; Improved from the Surveys of Capt. Carver
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the country NorthWest to Lake Winnipeg, including the territory of present day Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, with the United States boundary." Cartouche: Trade goods. Table upper right listing United States and British possessions.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche.
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French & Spanish Settlements in North America and the West Indies; as also on the Coast of Africa
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the old boundaries of Carolina and Virginia, with the coast from Hudson's Straits to the Amazon." Shows false "New Discovered Sea" east of Hudson's Bay. Latitude and longitude observations from several sources compared in tabular form. Kashnor dates as [1775]. Latitude and longitude tables.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 161.
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British Possessions in North America. From Mr. Arrowsmiths Map of North America &c. &c
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Kashnor notes, "Shows Hudson's Bay Territory, locating all the forts as far North-west as Slave Fort, west to McLeod's and Fork Fort on Peace River. Gives the north-west coast from San Francisco to Point Valdez in Alaska." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: J Whatman 1810. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 226.
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British Colonies in North America Drawn from the best Authorities by J. Russell
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the country north-west to the mouth of the Mackenzie, with all the territory from Lake Winnipeg, showing the forts of the Hudson's Bay Company." Rocky Mountains are stated to be 3520 feet high. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 494 36 57.
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