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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Alt. title from cover. Submaps: Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, &c.; Island of Cuba; Harbor of Havana; Niagara River & Falls. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Inset map of "The Late Battlefield." Sub map: The Late Battlefield [Monterey] "Enetered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1846 by S. Augustus Mitchell, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." MS notes: 189 20240 . Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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A four part map of the heart of these four cities, rail lines shown in red. "Entered accoridng to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by J. Disturnell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N. Y." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 127980.
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A very large linen backed map. Includes sea view vignettes and a sub map of the tip of the Gaspe peninsula. The border with Maine is not clearly defined. Sub map: Map of the Interior District of Gaspe. Vignettes: Five sea views of shore. "To His most Excellent Majesty William IV. This Topographical Map of... exhibiting the New Civil Division of the Districts into Counties pursuant to a recent Act of the Provincial Legislature; With His Majesty's gracious and special permission Most humbly and gratefully Dedicated by His Majesty's most loyal and devoted Canadian subject, Joseph Bouchette, His Majesty's Surveyor General of the Province and and Lieut' Colonel C. M." "Engraved by J. & C. Walker 47 Bernard Street, Rafael Square." Prime meridian: GM . Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Vignettes Sub-maps. Verso Text: HL Sticker: 127671.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows Carolina on the large map, and New England, Virginia and Carolina on the smaller map of the English Empire." This is four maps in one. The map of Jamaica is larger than the principal map. Two smaller maps show the English Empire, and a New Draught of Port Royal by Anthony Williams. Four maps on one sheet.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 322 SI.
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Accompanied by a written description of California. Note that turning point is shown to the west of Mountain Lake (Lake Tahoe) which would have been easier to survey than the actual turning point. "By Charles Drayton Gibbes. From his own and other Recent Surveys & Explorations 1851." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Sherman & Smith in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Cover title: Accompaniment to Gibbes' New Map of the Gold Region in California. Ms note: 131781. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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