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Honoruru fu yō zu [cartographic material] / ホノル府要圖 [cartographic material]

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Description: A Japanese map of old Japantown in Honolulu, Hawaii. The map roughly corresponds to Honolulu's modern day Downtown and Chinatown districts, but at the time, this area was the center of Japanese life on the islands. Text in Japanese.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1906
Call number: 647754
Creator: Takei, Nekketsu(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, September 2019.
Dimensions: map 76 x 49 cm on sheet 107 x 78 cm, folded in cover 27 x 14 cm
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

Fort Herkimer and environs [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map done by Emmanuel Hess depicting a portion of the Mohawk River with Canada Creek and showing Fort Herkimer (sometimes spelled "Herkemans") on the north bank, along with several outbuildings: barn, houses, church, etc. The map shows the outline of the old fort destroyed by Webb in his retreat from defeat at Oswego. Also shows the road to Albany.

mssHM 15448

Map of Central America from J. Arrowsmith's Map of the West Indies [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing Central America from the Yucatán Peninsula to the northern part of Colombia. The Caribbean Sea, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica are shown. The Pacific coastline is also depicted. Colored.

mssHM 15471

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Taishō Jūsan, Jūyonen Renshū Kantai junkō kinen

Rare Books

Commerative photographic album of the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between November 1924 and April 1925. Photographs include portraits of the officers and crew, and photographs of the numerous ports of call, including receptions with local authorities and Japanese communities. Highlights include calls at San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii. Captions and text in Japanese. A folded color map is included in a pocket at the end. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on cover, gitl edges, corded tassle ties. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape on inside.

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Plan, elevation, and section of the barracks at Fort-George which contains 140 men [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing the plan, outer view and cross section of barracks at Fort George. Located along the Hudson River at the junction with the Fish Creek River, the fort was later renamed Fort Hardy, which is located in modern day Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York. The fireplaces and brickwork are depicted in red ink. Kashnor attributes the map to James Gabriel Montresor, the British engineer, who drew several maps of Fort George in late June 1759.

mssHM 15457

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

A manuscript map showing Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick (formerly Fort Beauséjour). Copy by Charles Rivez; the "Explanation" is in another hand. The map shows the profile of the fortifications for several sections. Kashnor attributes the original to Richard Gridley.

mssHM 15414

Plan of the harbor of New York [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map rough draft by Samuel Holland and Charles Rivez, appears to be taken from an earlier map that depicts the period 1735. Related to William Bradford's map of the harbor, published in 1735.

mssHM 15451

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