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A New and Accurate Map of Chili, Terra Magellanica, Terra del Fuego &c
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A New and Accurate Map of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Tucumania Guaria &c
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a note on the Jesuit settlement in Paraguay, said to contain about 300,000 families." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. RLIN record suggests a date of 1747. Cartouche: Indians and traders.. "Laid down from the latest Improvements, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations, by Eman Bowen." "No. 127 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 926.
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A New and Accurate Map of the Known World
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Kashnor notes, "Represents New Guinea as a peninsula, and marks "Holy Ghost Land," i.e. part of the north-eastern extremity of Australia." [In the western hemisphere it is called Tierra de Espirita Sancto.] Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. Cartouche: leaves & pediments Vignettes: Four continents depicted as seated female figures. Depiction of world without water, lower margin.. "Drawn from the latest & most Authentic Surveys assisted by the best & most approved Modern Maps Charts &c. Wherein all the late Discoveries & Improvemts. are carefully Delineated. The whole being Regulated by Astron. Observations by Eman. Bowen." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettesFigures . Verso Text: MS note: 982.
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A New and Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain together with California New Mexico &c
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See Museum Bookstore 105:253M for another copy. Cartouche: Spaniard mistreating slave and Indian. Submap: Gallapagos Islands Discovered & Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684. "Drawn from the best Modern Maps & Charts & Regulated by Astronl. Observ'ns by Eman : Bowen." MS note: 2097. No 110 (lower left). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 14-17 A Mexico.
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A New and Accurate Map of Peru, and the country of the Amazones
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Kashnor notes, "Indicates Parima Lake and the famour city of El Dorado two degrees North of the Equator." Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. RLIN record suggests 1747 as publication data. Cartouche: Decorative shell.. "Drawn from the most authentick French Maps &c. and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen." "No. 118 (lower left)" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 933.
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A New Chart of the Coast of Guyana Comprehending the Colonies of Demerary, Surinam, Cayenne, and the Island of Trinidad, also the entrance to the River Orinoco, &c. by W. Heather
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Five submaps. Cartouche: Elaborate lettering. Submaps: Entrance of the River Orinoco by James Ambrose 1819; Entrances to Demerary, &c.,Essequebo; Entrance to Berbice River from the latest authorities; Entrance to River Surinam from the latest authorities; Entrance to Cayenne.. "J. Stephenson Engraver." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 919 30.
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A New and Accurate Map of the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Briton, St. John and Anticosta; together with the neighboring Countries of Nova Scotia, Canada &c
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"Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps and Charts, and Regulated by Astront. Observatns. by Eman Bowen." Variant of 093:262. Kashnor dates as ca. 1752. Kershaw identifies this as the first state of Bowen's map, published in 1747. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Kershaw 693; LC Phillips 603. Verso Text: MS note: 561.
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