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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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This map shows the route of a visit by Lafayette. Also an elevation of the Erie Canal. Old folder dates [Paris, 1829] Submap: Section elevation of the Eire Canal. Window map sticker 712.. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: no. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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MS note: 683 (on backing). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Circular seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 683 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes, "Shows North America to the latitude of Nootka, and locates the Columbia or Oregon with Forts Astoria and Clatsop, also San Francisco, San Carlos, Monterey, and San Juan." Divides the South Pacific into areas of Malasian, Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian peoples with outline color. Submap depicts eastern Australian settlements (New South Wales) as reported by the British Admiralty in 1833.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: Tag: Océanie from Charles Simonneau, Gravuer. Signature on label: Edw. Denny (?).
105:221 M
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Cartouche: framed w. flowers and Royal Crest.. Prime meridian: Ferro, Paris, Teneriffe. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Device lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 790.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the track of Cook and Clerke to the North-West Coast of Alaska, Australia and the South Seas." Kashnor dates as ca. 1781. Both Matthieu Albert and George Frederic Lotter listed as authors on map. Shows American arctic coast as vague line "according to the Japanese." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Oval. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. notes: 1/113, 37, #93, No. 2..
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and inserts 'Terre de Jesso ou Je co' between 40 deg. and 50 deg." This map was originally drawn from Sanson's model in 1674. Since this copy is undated, Shirley suggest it is State 3 of Plate IV, done after 1696. Cordier sc. missing this state. Elaborate cartouche of putti on dolphins, mermen below.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Shirley 462; BL 150.e13; Wagner 409a.. Verso Text: MS note: 246.
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