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Physiographical map of North Carolina / W.C. Kerr, State Geologist

Description: No old shelf mark. "The Base is the Map of U.S. Coast Survey." A geological map showing mineral areas. May have come from the Handbook of North Carolina, L.L. Polk, 1879 (not in the Huntington Library). Date based on the counties that appear in the map. In 1875 Prender County (present) was formed from New Hanover; in 1881 Durham County (absent) was formed from Orange, and Vance County (absent) was formed from Warren and Granville.Sub map: Section from Tenn. line at French Broad. to Newbern. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Date: [1875-1881]
Call number: ephMPNC0001
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Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and adjoining states showing railroads built and projected

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No old shelf mark. Map is untitled. Accompanying note suggests this map was made after 1898 but before 1907, but the layout of the counties suggest a date between 1895 and 1899. In Washington State, Stevens and Okanagon Counties split into Ferry (absent) and Chelan (absent) in 1899; in Oregon, Lincoln County (present) was formed from Benton and Park Counties in 1893, and Wheeler (absent) was formed from Grant in 1899; in Idaho, Logan (absent) and Alturas (absent) were eliminated and Lincoln (present) and Blaine (present) were formed in 1895. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Map of Mt. Olympus National Monument and surroundings. Partial map

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No old shelf mark. Title supplied by cataloger. Mount Olympus National Monument was created in 1909, and Olympic National Park was formed in 1938; Chehalis County (absent) was renamed Grays Harbor (present) in 1915. Probably from the early 1930's through association. Wrapped around a tube from the U.S. Dept of Interior, Geological Survey, addressed to Col. Lawrence Martin, Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. and postmarked December 11, 1934. Col. Martin visited the Huntington at about that time and made a number of recommendations regarding the map collection. MS notes: Red lines and notes regarding shelters. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Blue line print.

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Map of the state of California

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A detailed map of California with Lake Tahoe absent and Santa Barbara County including the San Fernando Valley. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Maps - Calif. Trask, John B. S.F. 1853 44066.

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Trans-Continental Freight Co. map of California

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Untitled map. No old shelf mark. A map drawn as an advertisement for this freight forwarding company. Verso contains sales information. Map must predate 1907 because Imperial County is absent; the only year the Trans-continental Freight Co. is listed at 620 1/2 Market in San Francisco directories is 1905. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Advertising copy.

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New Map of North America from the latest Authorities by John Cary, Engraver. 1811

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Kashnor notes, "A fine map of the North-West Coast, locating San Francisco, Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Gabriel and other towns in California, Columbia River, with Port Vancouver and New Georgia, New Hanover, and other territories in British Columbia. A good map of the Far West just before the discoveries of Lewis and Clarke were known in England." MS note: 1811. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Etching. Verso Text: MS note: 196.

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Geological map of the State of Tennessee : prepared with reference to the development of the mineral & agricultural resources of the state / by Jas. M. Safford, A.M. State Geologist

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No old shelf mark. Note: Phillips 839. Map appeared in A geological reconnaissance of the state of Tennessee, Tennessee State Geological Survey, 1856 (RB 119964, the map in our copy has a gaping hole just south of Cumberland). Submaps: Geological Section from point A on the Mississippi, through Nashville and Knoxville, to the Warm Springs of North Carolina; Map of Tennessee Copper Mines. Table of Geological Formations of Tennessee. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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