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Kashnor notes, "Showing parts of Brazil and Guiana." Map appeared in Coronelli's Atlante Veneto (RB 283753, vol. 1). Location and date taken from Atlante Veneto. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 642.
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Kashnor dates as ca. 1690. This is a Nolin copy of Coronelli's map, published in Paris for the Italian market, so is probably from the mid 1700's. RLIN record suggests 1680 for publication date. Cartouche: crudely copied figures.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Circular device wit fleur-di-lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 680.
093:680 M
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Kashnor notes, "Showing the mouth of the St. Laurence, with Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island, and parts of Nova Scotia and the Coast of Canada." Kashnor dates ca. 1690. Coronelli was active in Venice. Fish entwined cartouche.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Small circled fleur-di-lis.. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Kershaw (Canada) 162. Verso Text: MS note: 251.
093:251 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the west coast from "Fretum Anian" to the Straits of Magellan, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands as far as they were then discovered. A very valuable and rare map of the west coast, showing California as an island, and locating P. Sir Francis Drake, Monte Rey, R. S. Barbara, ans P. S. Diego." McLaughlin identifies this as State 2 of this map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1680. Original map issued 1675 per McLaughlin, in Atlas maritimus. Map trimmed to neatline so is missing engraver attribution. Map partially copied from Jansson's earlier map, 105:249M. Cartouche includes figures of Native American, Chinese and Europeans. Part of cartouche directly copied from Jansson's 1650 map, 105:249M.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McLaughlin 58; Phillips 487; Wagner 410; Tooley 39; Leighly 66.. Verso Text: MS note: 225.
105:225 M
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Kashnor notes, "Includes the west coasts of Africa and Europe, the east coast of North America from Newfoundland to Florida, the West Indies and the whole of South America, the latter from the latitutde of Rio de la Plato to Cape Horn being inset. A large engraving of an elephant appears on the continent of Africa. A fine old chart." Rosenthal dates as 1703, and gives appeared in information. Kashnor dates as ca. 1680. Cartouche: Very mad elephant. Art work: Thistle and rose quadrant (upper left). Submap: lower South America.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheArt WorkSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 951 C5.
105:951 M
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West coast as far as the supposed Strait of Anian, and locates New Albion and the Port Sir Francis Drake. The Longue River of La Hontan appears to follow the course of the Upper Missouri." Moll carefully points out mistakes made by Sanson by showing phantom coastlines and skewers Dutch mapmakers for copying maps without attribution. See 093:185 and 093:186 for later copies. Cartouche- mermen with flags. Submaps compare Ptolemaic system with Copernican, views of moon, sun and planets. Depiction of trade winds.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 258/105.
105:258 M