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Map of Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island : constructed from the latest authorities

Description: Failing at all folds. See instead the copy in RB 476308 - publication and engraver information drawn from there. There are a few differences: the date is printed under the title on the other copy, and the publication information, which is outside of the neat line, is not lost. Population table. Sticker inside front cover: Shepard Book Company, "Ye olde Book Shoppe", Salt Lake City, Utah. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1825]
Call number: 91769
Dimensions: 43 x 54 cm, folded to 16mo
Associated people: Hutchinson, E.; Ruggles, Edward,
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Kashnor notes, "An interesting old map, published during the American Revolution, showing the old roads and towns." Kashnor dates c.1776. RLIN record notes publication in Gentleman's Magazine, November, 1776, vol. 46. Notes copper mines shown near Simsbury, CT. Place of publication assumed: Gentleman's Magazine is a London publication. MS note: 90 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 90 (on backing).

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Kashnor shows date as c.1775. [Longitude incorrectly shown.] MS note: 88 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Crowned seal of Britannia S&K. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Map of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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One of 11 maps bound together into a red leather case.The 10 other state maps by Tanner, hinged in the same vol. : (21818) New York. 1827 (21819) Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 1827 (21820) Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. 1827 (21821) Kentucky and Tennessee. 1827 (21822) Ohio and Indiana. 1827 (21823) North & South Carolina. 1827 (21824) Georgia and Alabama. 1827 (21825) Louisiana and Mississippi. 1827 (21826) Illinois and Missouri. 1827 (21827) Florida. 1827 Maine is generously extended beyond the 48th parallel. Cartouche: Rocky coast of Maine. Submap: Northern tip of Maine. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Cover notes: Published for the Jackson Wreath. Population tables. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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A map of the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island : divided into counties and townships / from the best authorities, by Tho Kitchin Geogr

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Appeared in April 1758 edition of London Magazine. Cartouche: Shrubery MS note Maps 31. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 150249.

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Kashnor notes, "In Baffin's Bay appears the following note: 'This bay is considered doubtful beyond Sanderson's Hope.' A very fine map showing the coastline to the North-West and Alaska, locating San Francisco, Monterey, and the old Spanish settlements of California. It is one of the earliest maps, published in England, that locates the Columbia River under that name." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms notes: H 45.

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Map of Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island : constructed from the latest authorities

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