Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques

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  Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques

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  Kashnor notes, "Shows California as a peninsula." This is a later copy of L'Isle's 1714 map, see 105:230M. Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 105-231.

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  Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Artiques

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  Kashnor notes, "This is probably the earliest map to define the Gulf of California, which is shown with continuous coastline, and locates the Colorado. The highest point reached on the North-West is Cape Blanco." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Cat. 93 171.

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  Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques

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  Kashnor notes, "Shows California as a peninsula, and locates Port St. Francois and the coast to Cape Blanco. Delisle appears to be the earliest map maker to show California with a definite coastline." See also 105:231M. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Delisle Hemisphere Septentrional.

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  l'Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques. par Guillaume DeLisle de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences

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  Kashnor notes, "... An important and scarce map of Ksmtschatka and Russian America, with the tracks of the explorers." [contains also Swartz letter of 13 January, 1740 in French and Dutch] "Rectifier selon la Carte de Monsieur Jean Kyrilow, premier Secretaire du Consiel de l'Empire de Russie publier en l'Anne 1734 ou on trouve le Pais de Kamschatka, d'ou le Captaine Spanberg a fait voile, comme la copie de Lettre si jointe par le Resident Hollandois Monsieur Swatrz a St. Petersbourg en fait mention." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar. Watermark: CS?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 4th N23/93 148972.

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  L'Amerique Meridionale : dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens / par G. de L'Isle

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  Kashnor notes, "Shows the Argentine provinces as 'Provinces de Rio de la Plata'." [Shows l'Isle's 1700 version of this map with westward tilting South America.] See also 093:610M. Alt. title from upper margin. Cartouche: Natives. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 836.

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  L'Amerique Meridionale : Dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens / par N. Sanson

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  This is Sanson's version of famous de l'Isle map with South America curving west. See 093:610 or RB 295821. Kashnor dates as ca. 1680, but de l'Isle's map preceded this one. Kashnor notes, "Shows the Argentine provinces as "Provinces de Rio de la Plata." Cartouche: Figures & scrolling. MS note: No. 1 (upper left). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 631.

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