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The Vinland map : a world map of about 1440, the oldest known map showing American lands



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    Edward Wright's map of the then known world : for Hakluyt's Principal Navigations. Reproduced from the original in the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

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    Reproduction. Title from bottom margin. Includes a page long explanation of map. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Lithography.

    471098

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    [World map]

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    Reproduction. Map in six parts with varying scale to show World knowledge shortly after discovery of the New World. Untitled. World map by Juan de la Cosa. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

    199205

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    Long Island Sounde / by Robert Ryder

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    Reproduction. A John Carter Brown Library facsimile of this manuscript map. Broadsheet of explanation accompanies the map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note:281744.

    281744

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    Map of San Francisco 1854

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    Reproduction. No old shelf mark. Verso contains a copy of a letter from A.L. Bancroft & Co. Map Publishing Dept. offering services. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS letter copy.

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    Commercial Map of the World Showing Location of Virginia

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    Map shows trade routes of regular steamship li/nes and continental railways. "By Jed. Hotchkiss, Top. Eng. 1875." "No. 3. (upper right) Latitude of Virginia 38°" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128082.

    128082

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    The New World - 1600 / Drawn by Gabriel Tatton ; Engraved by Benjamin Wright. [Reproduction]

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    Reproduction. From the Thomas W. Streeter Collection. While the map legend says 1600 the corner legend says "Benjamin Wright Anglus caelator Ano. 1616." The explanation on the verso suggests this copy is a second printing. Liberally scattered ships and fish. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues? Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Printed descriptive information.

    317102