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Laurie & Whittle's New General Map of America Compiled from the most Authentic Materials



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    Laurie & Whittle's New General Map of America Compiled from the most Authentic Materials

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    Kashnor notes: "Shows the North-West Coast to Alaska, locating San Francisco, Monterey, San Juan and San Diego." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving/Etching?. Verso Text: MS note: 173.

    093:173 M

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    Western Hemisphere. Pinkerton's Modern Atlas

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    Kashnor notes, "Locates San Francisco, Drake's Harbour, San Gabriel, the Columbia or Oregon River, and shows a very correct coastline from California to Alaska." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 300.

    105:300 M

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    America, by J. Arrowsmith

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the International boundary reaching only to Flat Bow Lake, and British territory to the mouth of the Columbia. Locastes Fort Vancouver, Fort Astoria, Fort Nezpercees and Fort Colville." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 547.

    093:547 M

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    Map of America

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    Kashnor notes, "This issue shows the same Oregon and Russian-American boundaries, but it also shows the new boundaries which include Texas, New Mexico and Upper California as within the territory of the United States." Kashnor dates as ca. 1847. See also 093:556 for an earlier version of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 557.

    093:557 M

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    New Map of America

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    Kashnor notes, "printed outline, filled in and coloured by hand. Locates New Albion, St. Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Diego in California; also Juan de Fuca Strait, Skillute, Shishone in Oregon Territory." [May have been a school project.] Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Whatman Turkey Mill. Printing Process: Engraving, etching. Verso Text: MS note: 264.

    105:264 S

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    Map of North America, Exhibiting the recent discoveries., Geographical & Nautical

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    Kashnor notes, "A good map of California and the North-West, locating San Francisco, Hyerba Buena, Santa Barbara, Lake Yentaw, &c. Shows Oregon with boundary, but the coast, colored red as if British, south of the Columbia, and locates Clatsop, Forts Vancouver, Nezperces, Okanagan, and Colville." Kashnor dates ca. 1840, RLIN record dates as 1854, however state of information inland from San Francisco indicates earlier date as more probable. Also the 48th parallel border between Canada and the United States extending only to the Rocky Mountains. See also 105:240M. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 239.

    105:239 M