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Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty, November 1991. Cartouche: "O Rare Columbus" Rattlesnake. MS notes: HI +a5 7.50 1797 594. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 493930 594 45.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Californian coast north to Jaun de Fuca Strait, locating New Albion and Sr. Francis Drake's Harbour. The map was issued during the early part of the American Revolution." Kashnor dates as c. 1776. Shows River of the West and possible connection to the Missouri. Table of land division between nations.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, paces. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis J. Whatman. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 212.
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Kashnor notes,"This shows the coast reaching north of Queen Charlotte's Islands." Vancouver Island not shown. Text block lower right: The Continent and Islands of N. America are divided and possessed as follows, viz. Shows divisions by Britain, United States, France, Spain, Dutch, and Denmark. East and West Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana listed as belonging to Spain. Note half way up Baja California: Isthmus cover'd in the Spring tides w.ch made it imagined that California was an Island. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Paces, leagues, miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Table. Verso Text: MS note: No. 7.
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Gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty, November 1991. Cartouche: Putti; Harp. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Ireland A.D. 1749 1749 493940.
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A table lists the substantial number of English soldiers in each town to keep the Irish under control. Gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty, November 1991. Submaps: Isle of St. Patricks Purgatory; Waterford; Gallway; Kinsale; Limrick; Dublin; Cork; British Isles. Table: Towns with British troops. MS note: 1714. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Ireland No. 18. Moll Ireland 1714. 493938.
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