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General Chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, describing the Gulf and Windward Passages, Coasts of Florida, Louisiana and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Mosquito Shore; Coast of the Spanish Main to the Mouth of the Orinoco. Drawn from the Surveys taken by Mr. Geo. Gaulo and others, the New Spanish Charts, &c. and adjusted for Recent Observations. J. Fodd Dessiou; Master of the Royal Navy. Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross June 4th 1808. Written and engraved by John Roper

Description: See also 105:796M. One map on four sheets. Submaps: Chart of the Coast of Biruquete, Panama & Verugua; Chart of the Virgin Islands.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 719 36 36* 36** 36***.
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Date: 4 June 1808
Call number: 093:719 M

A General Chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico

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Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to present-day Texas." Submaps of the Virgin Islands and Panama. See also 093:719. Submaps: Chart of the Virgin Islands; Chart of the Coast of Biruquete, Panama, and Veragua, from Point Solano to Point Burica.. "describing the Gulf and Windward Passages, Coasts of Florida, Louisiana and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Musquito Shore; likewise the Coast of the Spanish Main to the Mouths of the Orinoco. Drawn fro the Surveys taken by Mr. Geo. Gaulo and others. The New Spanish Charts, &c. and adjusted from recent Observations, J. Foss Dessiou, Master of the Royal Navy. Approved by the Chart Committee of the Admiralty." Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 796 4 sheets 19.

105:796 M

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A Chart of the West Coast of Newfoundland, Surveyed by Order of Commodore Palliser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labrador, &c. &c. by James Cook, Surveyor

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Kashnor notes, "A scarce issue of Cook's famous chart." James Cook, later Captain James Cook, held the position of surveyor under Newfoundland's Governor Palliser between 1763 and 1767. See also 105:554M for another copy dated 1794. Submaps: Plan of Hawkes Harbour, Port Saunders and Keppel Harbour. Plan of York and Lark Harbours, in the Bay of Islands. Five views from ships anchored offshore.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles, by L. S. de la Rochette MDCCLXXXIV. (1784) From the situation of the Caribs Islands, compared with that of the Westernmost Isles of the Mexican Gulf, They are named Windward Islands by the Spaniards, as well as by the French, the Dutch, and the Danes while the English, who consider the position of those Islands respectively to Barbadoies give them the name Leeward Islands, or Leeward Charibee Islands

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Comparative elevation views of many islands. See also 105:947M for another copy. Submap: Positions Ascertained by Courses and Distances given; on a scale reduced to the Third. Vignettes: Twenty three views of various islands from shipboard for identification purposes. MS note: 722. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes.

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A Chart of the West Coast of Newfoundland

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"Surveyed by Order of Commodore Palliser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labrador, &c. &c. by James Cook, Surveyor." Kashnor notes, "A scarce issue of Cook's famous chart." James Cook, later Captain James Cook, held the position of surveyor under Newfoundland's Governor Palliser between 1763 and 1767. See also 093:256. Submaps: Plan of Hawkes Harbour, Port Saunders and Keppel Harbour. Plan of York and Lark Harbours, in the Bay of Islands. Five views from ships anchored offshore.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 554.

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Chart of the Isle of Trinidad From the Documents &ca. of the Spanish Vessels Employed in Surveying the Coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, 1793

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MS note: 840. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 840.

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Spherical Chart of the Sea of The Antilles, and of the Coast of Terra Firma, from the Island of Trinidad to the Gulf of Honduras

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Submaps: Plan of the Mouth of the Gulf of Cariaco, and Anchorage of Cumana. Surveyed in 1793; Plan of the Anchorage of Truxillo.. "Constructed in the Hydrographical Department, by order of the Spanish Government, 1805." Prime meridian: GM, Cadiz. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 20 972.

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