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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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A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland, Drawn from a Great Number of Hydrographical Surveys [etc.]
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"Chiefly [drawn] from those of Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu, Connected and Ascertained by Astronomical Observations." File contains photocopy of a portion of this map. Tracks voyages of Fleurieu, Chabert and Cook. Chart of Astronomical Observations on which this chart is grounded.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 548 S.
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A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland, Drawn from a Great Number of Hydrographical Surveys
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"[Drawn] chiefly from those of Chabert, Cook and Fleurieu, Connected and Ascertained by Astronomical Observations." Tracks voyages of Fleurieu, Chabert and Cook. A later issue of map 105:548 with extended western coverage. Note ships have been redrawn, astronomical chart redrawn. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 549 .
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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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A Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles
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Comparative elevation views of many islands. See also 093:722 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.. "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." "W. Palmer sculp." Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 947.
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A Chart of the Straits of Magellan
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Submap with Falkland Islands. "Inlarged from the chart Published at Madrid in 1769, by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla of the Royal Academy of St. Fernando, and Improved from the Observations and Surveys of Captns. Byron, Wallis and Carteret compared with those of Monsr. de Bouganville." Submap: Chart of Magellania with Falkland's Islands.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned fleur-de-lis over LVG. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 61 922 .
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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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