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America divided into North and South with their several subdivisions and the Newest Discoveries



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    Chart exhibiting the New Discoveries in the North & South Pacific Ocean, also those on the North-west Coast of America

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows a good coastline to the North-West, and locates Port Sir Fran. Drake, Juan de Fuca Strait, Nootka Sound and other discoveries by Cook." Kashnor notes date as ca. 1780. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    105:014 M

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    New Map of the World, with Captain Cook's Traacks, His Discoveries and Those of the Other Circumnavigators

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows all the west coast and locates the Oregon River,Vancouver's discoveries, and it is one of the earliest English maps to locate Great Salt Lake under the name of Nadonessis." Decorative surround.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 560.

    093:560 M

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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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    New Map of the World, with Captain Cook's Tracks, his Discoveries and those of the other Circumnavigators

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    Kashnor notes, "Probably the last map issued before the discoveries of Vancouver and La Perouse. Locates New Albion, Drake's Harbor, Port Monterey, Dixon's Strait, Nootka and Fuca Entrance." See 105:271M for a later version (1812). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 48.

    105:048 M

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    America [North and South in two sheets]

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    Kashnor notes, "Locates San Francisco, Monterey, San Gabriel and San Diego in California, and also shows all the country north of the Californian border coloured green as part of the United States. It locates Columbia River with Clark's and Lewis's branches, also the Frazer River." Shows Pacific Islands to New Zealand, west coast of Africa. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: North America 58 North America 59 282/105 (upper sheet) South America 60 South America 61 (lower sheet) .

    105:282 M

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    North America

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    Kashnor notes,"Shows a good coast-line to the North-West as far as Russian Territory, with the northern coasts discovered by Franklin and Richardson. Locates Fort George on the Columbia, San Francisco, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Gabriel and San Diego." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 203.

    093:203 M