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Chart of the world showing distances saved by the maritime canal of Nicaragua
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Chart of the world showing distances saved by the Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
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Existing routes shown in black, routes through proposed canal shown in red. A propaganda map for this particular route. See also RB 233252. Table of distances saved. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography.
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New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection
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Kashnor notes, "A fine map of the North-West Coast, the only one issued in this form which shows the track of La Perouse to California and up the coast to Bering's Bay." Locates Vancouver Island and the Georgian Strait with the note "which must be the Sea of the West." Greenland shown attached to North American mainland. This map is a later issue of 105:043 and 105:261. Added explorers routes. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 191.
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Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the West Indies with Central America, showing all the routes to California with a table of distances
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A map whose basic function is to compare mileage of various routes. Table of distances. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Many MS notes and figures.
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Map of the City of Los Angeles. Published exclusively by Security Trust & Savings Bank
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Key routes in red for 1920. For similar maps, see RB ephMPCALIF0091 and ephMPCALIF0092. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d. Complete City map and Harbor map.
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Hydrographical Chart of the World of Wright and Mercators Projection, with Tracts of the last Circumnavigators
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Kashnor notes, "Showing the routes of Vancouver, Cook, Clerke, La Perouse, Pickersgill, and Phipps. A particularly good map of California and the North-West Coast." This is a duplicate of 093:024M. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: 233.
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A Chart of the World according to Mercator's Projection wherein are shown the Latest Discoveries By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the routes of Bougainville, Byron, and Bouvet. Shows a good coast line to California and the Northwest." See also map 093:062M and 093:190S for later versions of this map. Compass rose lower center. Ms note:1774. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Sea leagues 20 in a Degree. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Art Work. Verso Text: MS. note:226.
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