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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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Alt title from cover. An interesting transitional map: territory between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers is marked as in dispute between Texas and Mexico; N. Mexico is shown arbitrarily ending at the beginning of the Gila River and is colored only to the west of the Rio Grande. Envelope dates as 1847. MS note: 35597. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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A fragile map in three sections. Shows a number of alternate railway routes between El Paso and Ft. Yuma. The purchase was made to accommodate the rail line. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 44064 Maps Gadsden Purchase Ehrenberg, Herman Cincinnati, 1858.
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Kashnor notes, "A scarce map issued during the War of 1812." Submap of East Coast from St. Lawrence River to Chesapeake Bay. Submap: Sketch of the Coast of North America from the River St. Lawrence, to Chesapeake Bay. MS notes at top give positions of British and "Enemy" forces on 30th Oct (year uncertain).. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: CANADA.
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Kashnor notes, "A very rare map, one of the earliest to be issued after the Treaty of Paris." Articles I-III of the treaty (lower right). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 130459 Lewis Cage Jnr. C41.
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Covers basically from the Rio Grande River to California with large central portion marked "Unexplored." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: New Mex Utah Congress map.
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Argosy Book Store San Francisco sold this map to the Huntington. An attached note indicates this map may be the first map to show Arizona. It is shown as "Proposed Arazonia Territory" in the area of the Gadsden Purchase. Border: Typical Mitchell vined border. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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