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W.H. Smith & Son's new railway map of the British Isles

Description: Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2530 Smith & Son's, W. H., publisher. New railway map of the British Isles. London, [etc., 1865?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Bartholomew printed, Smith sold. Seller's advertisement on verso and pastedown of cover. Gives distances of sea voyages, e.g. New York to Liverpool, 3046 ms. Submaps: London & Suburbs; Enlargement of Birmingham District; Enlargement of South Lancashire & Yorkishire District.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: Smith label. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..
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Date: [1885?]
Call number: 623703
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Philips' new map of Central Europe

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2528 Philip & Son, George, publisher. Philip's new map of central Europe. London, George Philip, [1866?]. 1 sheet. (Philips' series of maps for travellers). [see p.]."Alternate title from cover. Red MS x's drawn throughout France, and a MS note near Biscay. Seller's advertisement on verso and pastedown of cover. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries. Philips label..

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Map of the county palatine of Lancaster : from an actual survey made in the year 1818 / by C. Greenwood

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2514 Greenwood, C. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, from an actual survey, made in the year 1818. London, Greenwood, Pringle, 1834. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2515 l Greenwood, Pringle, publisher. [Map of south Lancashire] to the nobility, clergy & gentry of Lancashire this map is respectfully dedicated by the proprietors. [London, 1838?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Was cataloged as two separate entries in the catalog of the Burton library, but is in fact two pieces of the same large map of Lancashire. The division seems to have been made prior to Burton acquiring the map, since each section is labeled on the verso.Dedication on lower sheet reads: "To the nobility, clergy & gentry of Lancashire, this map is respectfully dedicated by the Proprietors." View of Liverpool accompanied by printed notes "R. Creighton delt." and "Neele and Son sculpt." Numerous MS notes along the eastern border of the county. Ms notes on verso read: "Coal District of South Lancashire illustrated by James Heywood, F.G.S. 1838" and "North Lancashire James Heywood." Vignette: Liverpool Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries.. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS notes: North Lancashire James Heywood.

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Map of the Northern, or, New England States of America

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This map pasted on stiff paper, with map 150055 pasted to verso. MS notes: 148 on back of 149. "Comprehending Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Main, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. By J. Russell." "Russell del. et sculp. Constitution R. Grays Inn La." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Map 150055..

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Geological map of England and Wales (with all the railways) according to the most recent researches by Sir Roderick I. Murchison, D.C.L. &c. &c. &c. Director General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain & Ireland

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2524 Murchison, Sir R. I. Geological Map of England and Wales ... according to the most recent researches; fourth edition. London, Edward Stanford, 1858. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."Alternate title from cover. Publisher's advertisement on verso and pastedown. Colorful map showing the depositary and igneous rocks throughout England and Wales. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms note: R.B. 11491y. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..

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A New Map of the Gold Region in California

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Accompanied by a written description of California. Note that turning point is shown to the west of Mountain Lake (Lake Tahoe) which would have been easier to survey than the actual turning point. "By Charles Drayton Gibbes. From his own and other Recent Surveys & Explorations 1851." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Sherman & Smith in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Cover title: Accompaniment to Gibbes' New Map of the Gold Region in California. Ms note: 131781. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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New Map of the World from the latest Observations, revis'd by J. Senex

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Strait of Anian and California as an Island, also New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and part of New Zealand." Kashnor notes ca. 1719. Senex worked in London. Cartouche with angels and female figures. Two males below by armillary sphere. Four sub-maps, two on plane of Equator [polar views], two on the plane of London. one centered on London's antipode. Two depictions of climate zones.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-mapsFigures . Verso Text: MS. notes: 93; 48; ~1719.

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