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Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte representiant la grande probabilitié d'un Passaga au Nord Ouest par Thomas Jefferys Geographe du Roi a Londres 1768



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    Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour le recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud Par M. De l'Isle de l'Academie royale des Sciences &c

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    Two maps on one sheet. Kashnor dates ca. 1772. Trimmed from upper right - Suppl. 6e. Carte. Atlas and publisher from McLaughlin and others. Lower map has two text blocks with explanatory material on sources. MS note: 9 [on backing].. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Conic. Watermark: EIN grapes?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Text blocks.

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    Kashnor notes, "Comprising three maps set within one another, representing respectively (i) the northern coast of Europe and Asia, with the coasts of Kamtschatka and China, Japan, &c.(ii) Nova Zembla, Siberia and Kamtschatka, (iii) the coasts immediately north of Japan, including "Mer de Lama" and "Mer d'Anadir." Suppl. 3e. Carte trimmed from upper border. Trimmed to neatline on three sides. Two sub maps of eastern Asia. MS note: 30. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: AM Herritte? 1778. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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    Carte Générale de la Russie d'Asie et des Régions Polaires Boréales, par S. Brué, Geographe de J. A. R. Monsieuv

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    Above neat line right; Atlas Universel Pl. 26. Below neat line left; Graveé sous la direction de l'Auteur. Engraved stamp upper left; Carte Encyprotipe du fonds de l'Auteur. Same as 093:010S, but with wider margins. Submap "Complément des Regions Polaires Boréalis." Shows area from Greenland to Hudson's Bay.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Equidistant Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 11 D 47..

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