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San Marino, CA 91108
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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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Kashnor notes: "Includes the coast of present-day Texas, New Leon, Louisiana and Florida." "Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography." Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 802.
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MS note: 612 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Circled shield. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 612 (on backing).
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A version of this map appeared in A new system of modern geography, volume 2, page 231, but the catalogue entry for RB 90030, dated 1794 (in which the map is lacking), notes that today the maps are rarely found bound in copies of The new system. Detail along the southern coast of Baffin Bay suggests a later date of publication. MS notes: 920 1801. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned shield, G? S. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: British on North.
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Cartouche: ribboned w. coins & arrows.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, paces. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis, IHS over Ivilledary. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 98 105/861.
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Kashnor dates as ca. 1770. RLIN record indicates this may be as early as 1745. Cartouche: frilled. Stain upper right from material stuck to verso.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 849.
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Kashnor notes, "California appears as an island, with the Straits of Annian, at which the coastline terminates at its northern extremity." Kashnor dates as 177-. McLaughlin notes publication date as 1759, issued in Grand magazine of universal intellegence, Vol, 2, January 1759, and place as [London]. This map trimmed to neatline, loosing reference information regarding publication, "Engraved for the Grand Magazine. Printed for R. Griffiths in Paternoster Row 1759." MS note: 196 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned Britannia seal Crowned initials. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 239; Jolly 130.
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