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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A reduced photo-lithograph of an earlier map. "...being the Lands belonging to the Rt. Honourable Thomas Lord Farifax Baron Cameron, bounded by & within the Bay of Chesapoyocke and between the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack." The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128020 MS note: 128020.
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Reproduction. No old shelf mark. No Washington, DC. The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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No old shelf mark. Later reproduction of this famous map. Beneath vignette: "To the Right Honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax First Lord Commissioner, and to the Rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. This Map is most humbly Inscribed to their Lordships, By their Lordship's Most Obedient and most devoted humble Servt. Thos. Jefferys." The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Vignette: Traders at dock side. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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No old shelf mark. A later reproduction of this 1635 map bearing coats of arms of Great Britain and Maryland. "This northerne part of Virginia (the limitts wherof extend many degrees farther southwards) is heere inserted for the better description of the entrance into the Bay of Chesapeack." This map was originially published in A relation of Maryland; together, vvith a map of the countrey..., 1635 (see RB 18730). The only published mention of the Litho-Photographic Institute in London is in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 38, May 11, 1868, page 190. The publication date is based on this. Attached notes: Original 1635, Phillips 390. Marulans 1635: repr. 1872? Prime meridian: Ferro? Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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No old shelf mark. At head of title: "U.S.P.R.R. Explorations & Surveys, War Department." Part of an attempt to select a rail road route across the desert. This may be a reduced size copy it has faint text transfer on verso and the scale does not correspond to the text on the map. Note the area offshore San Juan Capistrano south to San Diego is called "Earthquake Bay." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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A record of the various proposals for routes through Central America. One note states, "The District of Socomusco formed part of Central America until 1843 when it was taken possession of by Mexico without treaty, and under protest by Guatemala against the occupation." Guatemala is still protesting. "London, Edward Stanford, Charing Cross. 1856." Elevations of 5 different routes shown. BM Maps, 2:224. Phillips, P.L. Maps of America, p. 216 (1879 reproduction in: Great Britain. Parliament. Accounts and papers, 1881, v. 99) Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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