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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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Kashnor notes, "North of New Albion we have 'Opening discovered by Martin d'Aguilar in 1603,' forming the mouth of the 'River of the West.' Further north is 'Opening discovered by Juan de Fuca in 1592. In this opening is an Island With a High Mountain in the Form of a Pillar.' This map locates the Indian nations, and shows the chain of forest around the Great Lakes." Note this is probably the first state of map 105:237, and the one covered by the RLIN record. Table of European holdings.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues (inaccurate). Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: IHS Willedary Device With sub VC. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche.
105:237A M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Californian coast north to Jaun de Fuca Strait, locating New Albion and Sr. Francis Drake's Harbour. The map was issued during the early part of the American Revolution." Kashnor dates as c. 1776. Shows River of the West and possible connection to the Missouri. Table of land division between nations.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, paces. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis J. Whatman. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 212.
105:212 M
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Kashnor notes,"This shows the coast reaching north of Queen Charlotte's Islands." Vancouver Island not shown. Text block lower right: The Continent and Islands of N. America are divided and possessed as follows, viz. Shows divisions by Britain, United States, France, Spain, Dutch, and Denmark. East and West Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana listed as belonging to Spain. Note half way up Baja California: Isthmus cover'd in the Spring tides w.ch made it imagined that California was an Island. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Paces, leagues, miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Table. Verso Text: MS note: No. 7.
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Gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty, November 1991 MS notes: EE 3 50 5.00. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Crowned device VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notres: Bowles North America 493932.
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast above the opening of Juan de Fuca, locating the opening discovered by Martin d'Aguilar, Drakes Port, New Year Haven, and Santa Fe and Taos in New Mexico. Kashnor dates as ca. 1763. Cartouche - native woman w. children. Table of division by country.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, paces, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Shield ?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 177.
093:177 M
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Kashnor notes, "This map was originally issued by Jefferys in 1755 at the time of the troubles with the French regarding encroachments. It has been brought up to date, but the boundaries of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia still reach to the Mississippi." Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: JO 331.
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