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A Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles
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Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles, by L. S. de la Rochette MDCCLXXXIV. (1784) From the situation of the Caribs Islands, compared with that of the Westernmost Isles of the Mexican Gulf, They are named Windward Islands by the Spaniards, as well as by the French, the Dutch, and the Danes while the English, who consider the position of those Islands respectively to Barbadoies give them the name Leeward Islands, or Leeward Charibee Islands
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Comparative elevation views of many islands. See also 105:947M for another copy. Submap: Positions Ascertained by Courses and Distances given; on a scale reduced to the Third. Vignettes: Twenty three views of various islands from shipboard for identification purposes. MS note: 722. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes.
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A New Chart of the Leeward or Caribbee Islands with the Virgin Islands and Portorico, Comprehending, also Part of Hispaniola and of the Spanish Main, with the adjacent islands of Tinidad, Margarita, Bonaie, Curasoa, Aruba, &ca
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MS note: 13 (left edge). "Regulated and Ascertained by Astronomical Observations by Capt. Holland." Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 963 D21.
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A New Chart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Submap and lat-long table. Published separately per Kershaw. Cartouche with walruses. Submap: Mingan and Esquimaux Islands Enlarged. Views: Gaspe Peninsula; Capes of Nova Scotia. Table of latitude and longitude for towns and points.. "Compiled from the Original Drawings of Actual Surveys; preserving the Natural Configuration of the Several Coasts & Headlands; The whole Adjusted by Astronomical Observations, by Thos. Wright, Surveyor General of the Island of St. John. 1790" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsVignettes. References: Kershaw 615. Verso Text: MS notes: 786 10 1st. 2d..
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A Chart of the Windward Passage between the Islands of Jamaica Hispaniola and Cuba with the Other Passages to the Northward of Hispaniola
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Submap: Mortant Kays Vignettes: Four island views from shipboard.. "From the Journals, Observations and Draughts of Mr. Chas. Roberts, Master in the Rl. Navy, Compared with the Pilote de l'Isle de St. Dominique of M. de Chastenet Puysugur 1787. & with the descriptionm des Bouquements of M. Bellin 1768." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS text: 949 5.
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A General Chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to present-day Texas." Submaps of the Virgin Islands and Panama. See also 093:719. Submaps: Chart of the Virgin Islands; Chart of the Coast of Biruquete, Panama, and Veragua, from Point Solano to Point Burica.. "describing the Gulf and Windward Passages, Coasts of Florida, Louisiana and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Musquito Shore; likewise the Coast of the Spanish Main to the Mouths of the Orinoco. Drawn fro the Surveys taken by Mr. Geo. Gaulo and others. The New Spanish Charts, &c. and adjusted from recent Observations, J. Foss Dessiou, Master of the Royal Navy. Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty." Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 796 4 sheets 19.
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Les Isles Antilles &c. Entre lesquelles sont Les Lucayes, et Les Caribes
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Kashnor notes, "The earliest issue of Sanson's map of the West Indies." Cartouche: drapery design.. "I. Somer Sculpsit" Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Device with angels(?) GG. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 954.
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