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Kashnor notes, "An interesting map, showing parts of Canada, with Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia, and the United States east of the Mississippi." Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, English, sea leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis W I. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 114.
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Canada Orientale nell' America Settentrionale descritta dal P. Mro. Coronelli M. C. Cosmografo della Geren Republica de Venetia dedicata Alli Reverendi Padri Li P. P. Minori Conventuali del Monastero insigne de S. Francesco di Bologna
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Kashnor notes, "Showing the mouth of the St. Laurence, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island, and parts of Nova Scotia and the Coast of Canada." Kashnor dates ca. 1690. Coronelli was active in Venice. Fish entwined cartouche.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Small circled fleur-di-lis.. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Kershaw (Canada) 162. Verso Text: MS note: 251.
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Kashnor notes, "A very good copy of a very rare map. The map of Boston may have been taken from the Bonner Map of 1722, but it is probable that Southack made a new survey. It is the third printed plan of Boston." Kashnor dates as ca. 1740. McCorkle identifies this as a later edition of the 1735 original map. Submaps: Town of Boston in New England; Chart of the Atlantic Ocean showing the situation of Nova Scotia with respect to the British Isles.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 735.1. Verso Text: MS notes: 532 East end of Georges Bank from Cape St. Mary to SSW distance 115 miles..
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Steel's New & Accurate Chart of the Coast of North America, from the Straits of Belle Isle to Boston, Including the Islands of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia & St. John's, the Gulf & River St. Lawrence, Bay of Fundy &c. Compiled from the best and most recent Authorities
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French & Spanish Settlements in North America and the West Indies; as also on the Coast of Africa
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the old boundaries of Carolina and Virginia, with the coast from Hudson's Straits to the Amazon." Shows false "New Discovered Sea" east of Hudson's Bay. Latitude and longitude observations from several sources compared in tabular form. Kashnor dates as [1775]. Latitude and longitude tables.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 161.
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Survey of the Coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina, taken the 29th. of June 1756. This Draught is Most Humbly Presented to His Excellency Arthur Dobbs, Esqr. His Majesties Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in & over the Province of North Carolina, & Vice Admiral of the Same, By His Excellencys Most Obedient & Most Devoted Humble Servant Arthur Mackay
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