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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kashnor notes, "Locates all the French forts in the Ohio and Louisiana territories. A scarce map, issued as a supplement to a magazine during the Old French War." Variant of 105:662. RLIN record gives date and appeared in information. Shows separate North and South parts of South Carolina. Submap: Fort Frederick at Crown Point built by the French in 1731. [Lake Champlain]. MS note: 297 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned GR Lion rampant in seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 297 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes, "An exceedingly rare map, shoWing the country West of the Mississippi, the boundaries of Virginia, North and South Carolina, reaching to that river. The inset map of the country locates Old Forts EdWard, William Henry, Frederic, St. John, and Chamilles to the St. LaWrence, and Albany, Schenectadi, Forts Hunter and OsWego to Lake Ontario." Kashnor dates as ca. 1764. Submaps and treaty articles. See 093:532 for another copy. "a NeWMap, Wherein the British Empire and its limits, according to the difinitive (sic) Treaty of Peace in 1763, are accurately described, and the Dominions possessed by the Spaniards, the French and other European States; the Whole compiled from the NeWSurveys and Authentic Memoirs that have hitherto appeared. " Cartouche With Natives. Submaps: Particular Map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay; Map of the Country betWeen Montreal, Albany and OsWego. Paper sale tag, June 7, 1927 With MS note: #669.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsFigures .
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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good map of the Illinois and Ohio country. locating Chicago. The southern boundary of the Hudson's Bay Company territories is along latitude 49, running beyond the Lake of the Woods. In the map are also located the various H. B. Co. forts and factories." Kashnor dates as ca. 1763. Submaps and treaty articles. See 105:669 for another copy. RLIN record suggests 1764 date. Cartouche with Natives. Submaps: Particular Map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay; Map of the Country between Montreal, Albany and Oswego. . Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsFigures . Verso Text: MS notes: 532 Map c.1783.
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Kashnor notes, "With particulars of the Territorial definitions of the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Valuable for the locations of the old Western forts, particularly Fort Cumberland, Fort Necessity, and the 'French Fort of Ducane'. It also shows a remarkable knowledge of the country north-west to Lake of the Woods." Kashnor dates as [circa 1765]. Cartouche: Indian maiden with children, designer and engraver noted.. "Engraved by R. W. Seale." "PL II (upper left)" "Gravelot delin. Walker sculp (cartouche)." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis over TH IV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 641.
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Three inset maps. Wilderness cartouche. Submaps: Particular Survey of the Isles of Montreal; City of Quebec; Course of the River St. Laurence from la Valterie to Quebec on a Larger Scale.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis, VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 760.
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Kashnor notes, "An exceedingly rare map. The western coast terminates with "Cape Mendochin," with the following note: 'California was always thought an island till the Spanish Jesuit in 1701 discover'd it was joined to the Continent, of which the Royal Scoiety received information in 1708,' and locates New Albion and Pt. Sir Francis Drake. Shows La Hontan's western river beyond the Rockies reaching almost to the Pacific." [Kino was Italian] Note seventeen small maps around main map. Elaborate cartouche of traders and natives. Seventeen sub-maps(1) Town and harbor of Charleston, (2) the Bermudas, (3) Harbour of St. Augustine, (4) Harbor of Providence, (5) The Havana, (6) Bay of St. Jago, Cuba, (7) Barbadoes, (8) Anitgua, (9) Cartegena, (10) Harbour of Portobello, (11) Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, (12) Harbour of Port Antonio, (13) Fort Royal, Martinica, (14) Harbour of Placentia, (15) Harbour of Anapolis Royal, (16) Boston Harbour, (17) New York and Perthamboy Harbour.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsFigures . Verso Text: MS note: 198.
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