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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Kashnor notes, " A very fine map, which not only depicts Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, Nieuw Nederland, &c., with extreme clearness and accuracy, but also shows the banks and shoals in St. George's Channel, and gives the soundings for the use of navigators. It retains the old Dutch names, especially in the province of New York." Kashnor dates as 1720, McCorkle suggest 1724 but notes it may have been printed as early as 1716. Cartouche: Trader and native. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Milliaria. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Shield, ER lettering . Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McCorkle 724.1. Verso Text: MS notes: Nieuw England Homann 111317 2.
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Badly colored cartouche. Cartouche: natives and animals. MS notes: 41 doss/20.00 c1731 1753 1762(?). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned device. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms note: 60.
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Note Florida extends north to Lake Erie. Map was first printed in 1714 and in 1730 "Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest." was added beneath "Norimbergae" (Cumming, map 156). Cartouche: Traders and Natives. MS note: 1674-1724. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: German miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes:(1759) From Homann Atlas Geographicus Major Nuremberg 1759. La Virginia -- 142.
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Three sub maps shows extended influence, one of Indonesia colored to include the Philippines, the second of New Netherland (New York), and the third of the area of Maastrict on the German border. Cartouche: Neptune, mermaids & putti. Submaps: India Orientalis Batavorum Cummerciis, Potentia & Coloniis celeberrima; Batavorum Coloniae Occidental Indies Septentrionalis Americae implantatae; Area around Maastricht. MS note: 132 (upper left). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Device. Printing Process: Copper engraving. MS: 1720. Verso Text: MS notes: 150072 82.
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Kashnor notes: "A curious map in which is included East and West Jersey." Kashnor dates as ca. 1750. Cumming notes that the map was first published in 1714 in Homann's Novus atlas. Cartouche: Traders and Indians. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: German miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned device over AV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Cummins 156. Verso Text: MS note: 444.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Illinois country and Hennepin's route, with the old trading route to Aiaouex, locating the town somewhere in the neighborhood of the present Iowa State at Sioux City." Subview of beavers copied from Moll. Distorted idea of a buffalo. Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. See 093:416 for another copy and source of these notes. View of Niagara Falls copied from Moll; Cartouche with priest and native; Indians with "buffalo" looking more like cows than bison. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 44194. References: McCorkle, map 720.1.
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