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A Map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick, and New-Foundland
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Mappemonde géo-hydrographique ou description générale du globe terrestre et aquatique : en deux plans hémispheres, oú sont exactement remarqués en général toutes les parties de la terre scavoir l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique Septentrionale, et l'Amérique Méridionale où sont encor remarquées en général toutes les parties de l'eau, scavoir, de l'océan, et de la mer, et les principaux golfes, lacs, destroits, et rivieres, qui sont dans la surface du globe terrestre, suivant les relations le pl. nouvelles / par S. Jaillot, Géogr. Ordne. du Roy
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Alternate title in MS on cover. Detailed map with tracks of explorers including Cook. Furneaux, Clark & Gore. Upper cartouche: "On trouve à Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos, Libraire, Ingenr. Géogre. du Roy de Dannemark, Rue St. Jacques, au Globe, toutes les Cartes des différents Auteurs. Par le St. Jaillot; et augmentée des Voyages et Découvertes du Célèbre Capitaine Cook qui, après avoir porté l'art Naval jusqu'au dernier degré de la har diesse, et avoir achevé la reconnoissance du Globe, a terminé sa glorieuse carriere de la maniere la plus tragique en 1779; ayant été assomé et poignard�� par les Insulaires d'O-why-hée située près du Tropique du Cancer, dans la Mer du Sud, On a ajouté aux Découvertes de ce grand Navigateur les Voyages de ceux qui ont fait avec lui le tour du Monde. Par M. Brion de la Tour Ingénieur-Géographe du Roi, Auteur de l'Atlas Général destiné spécialement à l'instruction de la jeune Noblesse de l'Ecole Royale Militaire en 1789." Lower catouche: "Avis Les Routes des celebres Navigateurs tracées sur cette Mappe-Monde sont désignees par differentes couleurs, Celles du Capitaine Cook en bleu, Celles de Capitaines Clark et Gore en vert, Celles du Capitaine Furneaux en jaune, a Paris, Chez le Sr. Desnos Ingr. Geographe et Libraire de Sa Majesté Danoise rue St. Jacques au Globe où se trouvent les Cartes du Fond du Sr. Jaillot et celles de differens Auteurs, 1782." Original map by Nicolas Sanson, redrawn on a larger scale and with fresh embellishments by Jaillot, who had acquired the plates after Sanson's death. One of the earliest editions of this map, as redrawn by Jaillot, is dated 1674, and appears in Sanson's Atlas nouveau, 1689--Cf. Tooley, R.V. A dictionary of mapmakers; Fordham, H.G. Some notable surveyors; and RB 180718. Cartouche: Gods & Goddesses. Figures in surround, elaborate art work. Prime meridian: Fer. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: Mappemonde.
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United States of America with the British Possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland divided with the French, also the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida according to the Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed at Versailles the 20th of Jany. 1783
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the old boundaries, the western reaching to the Mississippi, and north to the Lake of the Woods, giving a good map of the Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin countires in the early days." See also 093:543M for another copy. McCorkle furnishes link to Anville/ Jefferys. Cartouche: surmounted by 13 star American Flag, colored.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 794.1. Verso Text: MS note: 651.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the old boundaries, the western reaching to the Mississippi, and north to the Lake of the Woods, giving a good map of the Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin countires in the early days." See also 105:651 for another copy. McCorkle furnishes the Anville/Jafferys connection. Cartouche: surmounted by 13 star American Flag, colored.. Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 794.1. Verso Text: MS note: 543.
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Watson's new rail-road and distance map of the United States and Canada
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Alternate title from cover. Submaps: Vicinity of New York; Vicinity of Boston; Vicinity of Philadelphia; Routes of the Union Pacific Railroads. Cartouche: Locomotive San Francisco. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Map of the United States and the provinces of Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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