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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Creative cartography. Boston and Cape Cod are shown in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania are truncated. Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. Date in cartouche looks like it is handwritten, but is in fact printed. See 093:571 MBS for another copy; see RB 150204 for an earlier copy ascribed to Seutter. Cartouche: elaborate with Indians and animals. MS note: 111323. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Phillips, Maps, 672. Verso Text: MS note: Rare! Pensylvanien Notes beginning: Diese Land...
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Creative cartography. Boston and Cape Cod are shown in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania are truncated. Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. Title and key in Latin, majority of geographical descriptions in German. For earlier map ascribed to Seutter, see RB 150204; for similar map see RB 111323. Cartouche: elaborate with Indians and animals. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 571.
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Note from 093:466 in Museum Book Store Collection: Kashnor notes, "Shows New Mexico, and locates Santa Fe, Taos, and other towns, also the Mississippi north to the Falls of St. Anthony." Lacks the four harbor submaps shown on 093:466. This map is a rework of L'Isle's 1703 map, see 093:464. Kashnor dates that one as ca. 1720. Seutter has erased Lotter's name from the title and substituted his own. RLIN record suggests 1756. Vignette: Battling ships watched from shore by traders. MS 50 (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: FAV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: Mexico et Florida. 150063 Sticker: 103 - Sales description pasted on.
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Elaborate cartouche and sub map of Gulf Coast. MS notes locating Halifax and Louisburg. Florida extends northward to the Ohio River and westward into Texas, merging with Louisiana. Mat bears sticker: 772 Cartouche: elaborate with figures. Sub map: Les Costes de la Louisiane... Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes:134 [rest indecipherable].
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These notes from Museum Bookstore collection 105:571, another copy. Kashnor notes, "Gives a good map of New Mexico, locating Santa Fe and Taos; also shows the old boundaries of Louisiana." Kashnor dates as ca. 1730. Derived from L'Isle map. See 093:470M for another copy. This copy seems earlier with better detailing. Cartouche: Natives & trade goods. Vignettes: Sea battle; Merchants & Indians. Brown pen lines under many names. MS notes: very curious 1690 4011. Mat sticker: 819. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Philips, Atlases, 3474; Lowery, no 473. Verso Text: MS notes: AD 1690 gift of -- 150049.
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Kashnor notes, "Gives a good map of New Mexico, locating Santa Fe and Taos; also shows the old boundaries of Louisiana." Kashnor dates as ca. 1730. Derived from L'Isle map. See 093:470M and RB 150049 for other copies. This copy seems earlier with better detailing. Vignettes: Sea battle; Merchants & Indians. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 571.
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