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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2466 d h Johnston, A. K. Stanford's library map of South America. London, Edward Stanford, [1864]. 3 sheets. [see p.]."a 4th sheet is missing.Newspaper review clipping, from the Sunday Review, dated July 23, 1864, attached to southwest portion of map. Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers, leagues. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2494 Kiepert, H. Karte von Armenien, Kurdistan und Azerbeidschan ... entworfen und bearbeitet 1852-55. Berlin, Simon Schropp,1858. 1 sheet. [see p.]."All four sheets mentioned in the title have been mounted together, making a very large map. Shows the paths and dates of numerous European explorers, among others Layard, Rich, Ainsworth, Texier, and Chanykow, mainly in Assyria and Azerbaijan. Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries.
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2433 l Algeria. Carte des chemins de fer de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie [and of southern Europe, Paris, 1868?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]." Two maps adjoined and backed on one sheet. The title only applies to the bottom half. The top half is unidentified, but is in English, rather than French. Lower left corner of Algerian map contains MS note, "Ain Sefra(?)," in another hand, possibly that of Isabel Burton per Kirkpatrick's speculation. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries (5) MS notes: P. Maps Africa Algeria 2433 R.B. 11489,Z Sticker: R.B. 11489.Z.
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2502 l Andriveau-Goujon, E., publisher. Chemins de fer de l'Europe centrale. Paris, 1884. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Places underlined, blue dots added, and some notes made, primarily in France. Numerous underlines and notes inside front cover. Seller's advertisement pasted to verso. Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries Sticker, cover: R.B. 10386 G.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Label: E . Andriveau - Goujon.
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2483 Blondel, L. A. Carte du Liban d'après les reconnaissances de la Brigade topographique du Corps expéditionnaire de Syrie en 1860-1861, dressée au Dépôt de la Guerre ... Paris, Imp. Lemercier, 1862. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Statistical table in the bottom right gives population of the major towns and cities in Lebanon by religion. Case which previously held the map gives alternate title, and the bookseller in Beirut who sold the map. Label on case reads "Charlier-Béziès Beyrouth Librairie Commission Articles divers." Population table. Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Kilometers, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries.
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2507 d Brindisi. Piano generale del porto di Brindisi, rilevato del 1866. [Florence?], L. Balatri Autografó, 1866. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Map of the port of Brindisi on the Adriatic Sea, shows the depths in the adjacent harbor. MS notes: Channel traced in harbor near city. Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Meters. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..
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