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North America, Sheet XV Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California, &c. and the Northern States of Mexico

Description: Kashnor notes, "A good map, showing the development of California in a few years. Shows the old track from Los Angeles to Santa Fe, and from thence to Independence across the prairies. North of the Californian boundary is shown the Oregon route from Independence to South Pass." Arizona and Nevada do not exist, the Gold Region is well described. MS note: 280 (on backing). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Engraving, etching. References: Wheat v.3 No. 777.
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Date: 1 January 1853
Call number: 105:280 S
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Central America, including Texas, California, and the Northern States of Mexico

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Kashnor notes, " Gives a good outline of San Francisco Harbour, and locates San Jose, Santa Clara and the old road from Monterey down the coast through San Luis, Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, San Diego to Loreto. Shows the old trade route from Pawnee along the Platte to the American Fur Company's post on Salt Lake." Texas extends north to include Santa Fe.For a later variant see RB acc.# 34937. MS note: 169 (on backing). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 169 (on backing).

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British Possessions in North America

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Kashnor notes, "Locates Pine Fort and McDouall's House south-west of Lake Winnipeg; also the Hudson's Bay Forts to the Rockies." MS note: 495 (on backing). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: Faint text bleeding..

105:495 S

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A New Map of North America, agreeable to the Latest Discoveries

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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Pacific Coast as it was known immediately before Vancouver's discoveries. It is a good map of the North West and Alaska." See also 105:267M for an apparent later version. Ms note: 266 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: 1794 Whatman. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 266.

105:266 S

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A New Map of North America, agreeable to the latest Discoveries

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Kashnor notes, "Shows New Albion, all the territory northward of the Missouri and Oregon as part of British Territory." This map appears to be a later edition of 105:266 by Wilkinson. It now shows Vancouver Island as Quadra and Vancouver's Island. New mountains appear in the west and the map extends further south. Kashnor dates as c. 1796. MS note: 267 (on Backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

105:267 S

Central America II : Including Texas, California and the northern States of Mexico

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This map has the western states still a part of Mexico. Someone has hand drawn the 1848 border between the US and Mexico in pencil. They have also indicated by hand the location of gold strikes. For an earlier edition of this map see Museum Book Store collection 093-169s. See Phillips, Atlases, v. 1 no. 794. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Part of North America; containing Canada, the north parts of New England and New York; with Nova Scotia and Newfound Land. From the Sr. Robert with Improvements

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Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. Submap of Great Lakes. See 093:303 for a later version of this map. McCorkle identifies as a smaller version of Robert de Vaugondy's map originally printed in 1775. Submap: Supplement for the Lakes of Canada. MS note: 671 (on backing).. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: Kershaw 369; McCorkle 759.3.

105:671 S

North America, Sheet XV Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California, &c. and the Northern States of Mexico

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