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A New Map of North America : Shewing its Principal Divisions, Chief Cities, Townes, Rivers, Mountains &c
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island and locates New Albion of Sr. Francis Drake; also shows New Mexico, locating Santa Fe." McLaughlin identifies this as state 4 of this map, printed 1704 or later and gives appeared in information. See 105:268 Museum Bookstore Collection for another copy. This is the missing 093:197 from Museum Bookstore Collection. "Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester." "Delin. MBurg. sculpt. Univ. Oxon" Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 142; Wagner 466; Tooley 69 (Plate 53); Leighly 116 (Plate XXII, State 4) . Verso Text: MS notes: 39 197 139314 Cat 93 197.
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A New Map of North America Shewing its Principal Divisions, Chief Cities, Townes, Rivers, Mountains &c. Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island and locates New Albion of Sr. Francis Drake; also shows New Mexico, locating Santa Fe." McLaughlin identifies this as state 4 of this map, printed 1704 or later and gives appeared in information. MS note: N. America (lower right). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 142; Wagner 466; Tooley 69 (Plate 53); Leighly 116 (Plate XXII, State 4) . Verso Text: MS notes: 105/268 N. America C38 268.
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To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers.; This Map of North America According to the Newest and most Exact Observations is most Humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's most humble Servant Herman Moll Geographer
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Kashnor notes,"Shows a good map of the Far West, according to knowledge at the time particularly of New Mexico. California is still an island and there is a river which is in the locality of the Columbia." Map includes famous fish drying vignette, and is known as the "Cod Fish" map. McLaughlin dates as 1719. Note this is probably an earlier state, missing John King from map sellers mentioned by McLaughlin. Cartouche: Indians & Eskimos, Moll armorial. Fish drying vignette. Submaps: St John's Harbour, Boston Harbour, New York Harbour, Charlestown Harbour, Port Royal Harbour, Havana Harbour, Pto. Bello Harbour, La Vera Cruz, Cartagena Harbour, Port of Acapulco. . Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettesSub-maps. References: McLaughlin 192; Wagner 514; Wheat 105; Tooley 82; Leighly 145; Stevens No. 7; Goss 53 (plate).. Verso Text: MS notes: No. 7 G D 213.
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New Map of South America, Shewing it's General Divisions, Chief Cities & Towns Rivers, Mountains &c. Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Gloucester
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Kashnor attributes this map to Wells and dates as [1698]. RLIN record suggests 1700. Cartouche: Elaborate with Royal coat of arms, by a different artist than the map maker.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 40 615.
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