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![Map of Central America. [cartographic material] : To illustrate the papers of Capt. Bird Allen R.N., Alonso de Escober and Chevr. Emanuel Friedrichsthal / John Arrowsmith](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MONWCP%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
Manuscript map showing Yucatán, Belize, Guatamala, Honduras and the Mosquito Coast, El Salvador and the northern part of Nicaragua to Lake Nicaragua. Colored. The library also has a printed version of this map, call number 105:895 M., which includes all of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
mssHM 15470
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good outline of Yucatan, Honduras and the Isthmus of Panama." Cartouche: Natice children.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 695.
093:695 M
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Kashynor notes, "Saurce was interested in some scheme at Vera Paz; he refers to map No. 668 [093:668m] above, in a footnote, regarding its proper location." [Saurce quotes the full title of the Ogilby Atlas [America,...] of 1671 in manuscript form, and also notes numerous authors who have used that work. This map is apparently a hand drawn copy of Ogilby's map of the same name from that Atlas.] MS note in pencil "see other copy....". Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Verso Text: MS note: 670 on linen backing.
093:670 M
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Kashnor notes, "Very rare. The cartographer follows the map of Captain John Smith, published in 1612. The next after the above map was again issued by Smith in his Virginia Discovered, 1625." Kashnor dates as 1619, but he seems to have confused this with Jodocus Hondius Jr.'s map of the same name. According to Burden this is State 1, and dates to 1630 (Burden, map 193; Van der Krogt, map 9410:1). For a later edition of the Hondius map, see RB 150037; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Blaeu's version of the map, see RB 150054; for Montanus's version of the map, see 150077. Figure of Indian below English coat of arms; Scene of Chief of the Powhatans. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, German. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 823.
105:823 M
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These two volumes include field drawings of Lepidoptera of Central America. It includes the genus and species of each lepidopteran observed with a description of the insect, location found, wing illustrated in color, and sex. Scale marker present for each illustration with tissue guards. Areas covered are Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Honduras. The author is unknown but it is attributed to a "Dr. Ellis." It is undated, but presumed to be from the early 20th century.
mssHM 76713-76714
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Manuscript map, showing the course of the Niagara river from Buffalo to Fort Niagara. Also shows the tributaries, canals, roads and neighboring settlements. Colored. Accompanied by two printed maps on one sheet: 'Niagara Strait and vicinity by Joseph W. Ingraham, 1836' and 'Niagara Falls and vicinity by James W. Ingraham, Boston'. The maps are each 14 x 9 cm and printed side by side on a sheet 17 x 20 cm. Text above maps reads: "Reduced from the large maps in Ingraham's 'Description of Niagara' for his 'Manual for the use of visitors to the falls.'" The Niagara Strait and vicinity map appears to be the basis for this manuscript map.
mssHM 15466