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Official map of the County of Alameda California : surveyed and compiled by order of the Board of Supervisors / Horace A. Higley, County Surveyor
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MS note: "Owned by Sam'l A. King, Land Commissioners Settlement Spanish Claims then J. Mora Ma?s then A. S. Mar---". This map has MS notes of original Rancho grants as presented to the Land Commission of that period for confirmation. The folder also contains an envelope in which the map was mailed to Robert E. Cowan , well known book dealer, in San Francisco. MS note: 3689 (See also Gen. Notes.). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: "old Tom".
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A new & correct map of the whole world : showing the situation of its principal parts, viz. the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade winds, monsoons, variation of the compass, climats, &c with the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the North East and North West Passages the projection of this map is call'd Mercator's the design is to make it useful both for land and sea and it is laid down with all possible care, according to the newest and most exact observations / by Herman Moll, Geographer
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Gift of Mrs. Homer Cotty, November 1991. Note the "Advertisement" with particularly damning review of Moses Pitt's new English Atlas. Cartouche: Figures Submaps: North Pole; Trade Winds. MS note: gmsd $25.00. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: yvx4 15-.
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Map of the Railroads of the State of Massachusetts
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"Accompanying the report of the Railroad Commissioners. 1874." Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128061.
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Map of the Property of the Alamitos Land Company, Alamitos Beach Townsite Villa and Farm Lots, in Los Angeles Co., Cal
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Avenues proceed alphabetically east from Alamitos Ave. See also 150267 for a map covering a portion of this property in 1886. "Surveyed by Charles T. Healey and William F. Sweeney. April 1888." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 150273 Labels: 61 No. 2a 193/1.
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Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico
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With portraits of George Washington, Cortez, Montezuma, Gen. Taylor, and Santa Anna, coats of arms of the United States and Mexico and a depiction of the Temple of the Sun, this map is definitely "ornamented." Further statistical information, and under Santa Anna's portrait as follows, "New Mexico and the Californias. These two extensive territories of Northern Mexico, rich in mines and agricultural products, have been taken possession of by the military and naval forces of the United States, and will in future form a portion of our already wide domain..." A gift of the Friends of the Huntington. See General notes for feature descriptions. Border: Stars and chains. MS note: 245322 25.00. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Map of the lots of Rail Road Homestead Association No. 2
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Old shelf number: eph J4-3 (11). Numerous MS notes regarding property and price. Today the tract is just north of the Interstate 280. Prime meridian: gm. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: RRHA No. 2 Eph J4-3 (11).
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