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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, "Shows a good map of the Illinois country, and locates Aiaoute (Iowa) village, later called Aiaouez, in the present day location of Iowa City." wormholes. MS note: 420 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 420 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes the cartouche contains a view of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island under attack. Several submaps. Later English copy of Bellin's map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1758. Kershaw suggests 1746 as publication date. McCorkle agrees. Submaps: Atlantic Ocean; Plan of the City and Port of Louisbourg [Cape Breton Island];Fort Dauphin; Quebec City. Cartouche with battle scene. MS note: 290 (on backing).. Prime meridian: London. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: Kershaw 692; McCorkle 746.1. Verso Text: MS note: 290 (on backing)..
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Kashnor notes, "a rare French chart with the soundings." Contains submaps. Kashnor dates as ca. 1690. Submaps: Channel east of Isle de Orleans; l'Isle Rouge; Quebec to Lake Ontario extension; Havre St. Nicolas; Les Septe Isles. Vignette: view of traverse between Cape Tourmente and l'Isle de Orleans.. Prime meridian: Quebec. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Beads with cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 358.
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Kashnor notes, "This is one of the earliest English maps to locate Mount Nevada in California, where are also located New Albion, Monterey, Port Sir Francis Drake, Mount St. Martin." Moll rails against French mapmakers at the bottom of this map. Note detailed map of Pepy's Island (nonexistent.) McLaughlin dates as [1711], notes this map as State 2 and gives appeared in information. Twelve submaps. Isle Chiloe, Bay of Guiaquil, Port of Baldivia, Chart from England to the Ananoca, Peypes or Pepys Island, Straits of Magellan, Isthmus of Darien, Gallapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez Island, Gulf of Nicoya, Gulf of Ampalla, Port of Acapulco.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McLaughlin 181; Phillips 554; Wagner 498.. Verso Text: MS note: 192..
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Kashnor notes, "The map also shows parts of Louisiana and South Carolina, and Central America. It is dedicated to William Paterson, the promoter of the Darien Colony." Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. View of Mexico City. Five submaps. See also 105:958 for another copy. View of Mexico City with building key; Submaps: St. Augustine; Vera Cruz; Havana; Darien; Cartagena.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: JO 328.
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Submaps of Florida and the entire United States with proposed Railroad routes to the west coast. This map was resold by a London map dealer, see verso information. Attached to this map is a copy of "Seat of War in the Americas," see 105:368M for another copy. See 093:364, Accession no. 130475, for another copy on linen in folder. Submaps: Southern part of Florida; Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean. Table: Census data by states for 1860. Attached map of the Seat of the War in America, see 105:368M. Leaf and grape border. Numerous ships along the coastlines.. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-mapsBorder. Verso Text: Map Title same as on map face, but printed in red. Label pasted over bottom portion: London: Bacon & Co., 48 Paternoster Row. [London agent for Colton] Advertisement for other Colton maps handled by Bacon & Co. also pasted to verso..
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