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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Kashnor notes, "Am excessively rare map, one of the few specimens of American map engraving of the eighteenth century. It is dedicated the Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Nova Scotia. There are two small holes in the map, otherwise it is in very fine state with full margins, as issued." Note this differs from the 1776 version in McCorkle (776.27). Cartouche: Pictorial with figures. Vignette: View of Boston Cl.[Colony] of N.E. planned 1630. Sub maps: Situation of Halifax Draught of the Harbour &c.; Plan of Halifax; Plan of Quebec; City & Port of Louisbourg. MS notes: Museum Bk. Store Cat 93 #314, 181666 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned device lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche Sub-maps Vignettes. References: McCorkle 776.27. Verso Text: MS note: 181666.
181666
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Three town plans: Plan du Port et Ville de Louisbourg, dan l'Isle Royale; Plan de la Ville de Quebec; Plan of the Town of Halifax in Nova Scotia. MS notes: Cal. Canada very scarce. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Watermark: K?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Phillips, Atlases, 61. Verso Text: MS notes: 776 150602.
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Kashnor notes, "The first issue of the Morris chart. It is the first separate chart of Halifax Harbour." The publication date is 1775 but Kashnor dates the map at [1760]. Includes sailing directions. Kershaw gives appeared in information and notes this is the second state of Jefferys' map. Detailed sailing directions.. "Survey'd by Order of His Excellency Brigadier General Lawrence, Governour of the Province of Nova Scotia; By Charles Morris, Chief Surveyor, Published by Command of the Rgiht Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, For the Benefit of the Trade and Navigation of Great Britain and its Colonies." "To the Right Honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, This Chart is most humbly Inscribed By their most obliged & obedient humble Sert. Thos. Jefferys." "London Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King." Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Kershaw 821. Verso Text: Ms note: 20.
105:660 M
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A large navigational chart with both rhumb and grid lines. Several submaps. Submaps of Barrington & Shelburne Harbours, St. Andrew's Harbour. Port of Liverpool, Plan of Cape Canso, Halifax Harbour, (Nova Scotia), St. John's Harbour(Newfoundland), St. John's Harbour(New Brunswick), River St. Lawrence from the English Bank to Quebec, Enlarged view Quebec City, River above Quebec City. List of Lighthouses in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Views of Cape Chat, Mt. Camel, Funk Island, Young Harry Rock, Cape Bonavista. MS 2 upper right.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 275.
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![A chart of the coast of Nova Scotia from Port Maltois to Lawrence town [cartographic material] / Copeye'd by me E. Meyer Lt. of the 60, or Royal American Regt. 1757](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOARVD%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
Manuscript map showing details of the coast of Nova Scotia. Shows "Capt. Lieut. Lewis's march with a party of rangers to Luneburg in Feby. 1755 and from thence" which gives the track from Halifax. Also shows the roads from Halifax to Fort Sackville and on to Pisquid, Capt. Floyer's route to the Basin of Mines, and the "Indian Path to the Lakes, by wich [sic] and the River Chebenacadie they go to Quebecq." Elias Meyer was a lieutenant in the Royal American Regiment from 1756 to 1762 and was primarily employed as a mapmaker. --See Kashnor. Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, no. 307.
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Kashnor notes, "Includes the Bahamas and a portion of Cuba." MS note in French, lower right. Submap of Mississippi delta. Cartouche: draped. Submap: Carte des Embouchures du Fleuve St. Louis. Seal of Depot de la Marine. MS notes: lower right (in French). Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Shield lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 480 M2.
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