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Particular Draught and Plans of some of the Principal Towns and Harbours belonging to the English, French, and Spaniards, in America and West Indies. Collected from the best Authorities. by Eman. Bowen
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New and Correct Plan of the Harbour of Carthagena in America Seated 16 Degrees 26 Minutes Lat. North and 75 Degrees 21 Long. West of London, from a draught brought to England by Pet. Chassereau Archi: 1740. Also Several remarks concerning the Town of Carthagena & the Forts erected for its defence with a view of the French Ships commanded by De Pointis when he took the town in the year 1697
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Cartouche: Figures and treasure. Submap: Routes to and from Cartagena. Notes on the history of the town.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 653.
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New & Accurate Map of the Seat of the late War in the West Indies with a plan of the City and Harbour of Havannah. 1763
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Submap: Havana Harbor. MS note: 757 (on backing). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 757 (on backing).
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New Chart of the Coast of New England, Nova Scotia, New France, or Canada, with the Islands of Newfoundld. Cape Breton St. John's &c. Done from the original Publish'd in 1744. at Paris, by Monsr. N. Bellin, Engineer to the Marine Office
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Kashnor notes the cartouche contains a view of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island under attack. Several submaps. Later English copy of Bellin's map. Kashnor dates as ca. 1758. Kershaw suggests 1746 as publication date. McCorkle agrees. Submaps: Atlantic Ocean; Plan of the City and Port of Louisbourg [Cape Breton Island];Fort Dauphin; Quebec City. Cartouche with battle scene. MS note: 290 (on backing).. Prime meridian: London. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: Kershaw 692; McCorkle 746.1. Verso Text: MS note: 290 (on backing)..
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View of the Town and Castle of St. Augustine, and the English Camp before June 20 1740. By Thos Silver
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Kashnor notes, "An exceedingly rare engraving of Gen. Oglethorpe's attack on Fort St. Augustine." In 1740 British forces attacked Chagres in Panama and St. Augstine in Florida. Two of these views contain information about those attacks. Vera Cruz is described as a trading port. Three maps on one sheet. Two maps, one view. MS note: 394 (on backing). Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (one map). Projection: Plane. Watermark: Shield over CVG. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 394 (on backing).
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British Islands in the West Indies Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Fifteen islands and island groups on one sheet. Submaps: Virgin Islands; Grenadines; Grenada; Trinidad; Jamaica; New Providence; Anguila; Grand Cayman; Roatan; Leeward Islands (St. Christopher, Barbuda, Antigua); St. Lucie; Dominica; St. Vincent; Tobago; Barbadoes. MS note: 708 (on backing). Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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Correct Plan of the Environs of Quebec, and of the Battle fought on the 13th. September, 1759: Together with a particular detail of The French Lines and Batteries, And also of the Encampments, Batteries and Attacks of the British Army, And the Investiture of that City under the Command of Vice Admiral Saunders, Major General Wolfe, Brigadier General Monckton, and Brigadier General Townshend. Drawn from the Original Surveys taken by the Engineers of the Army. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty
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Kashnor notes, "with the exceedingly rare slip of the Plains of Abraham, showing the later movements of the armies, a fine impression of the rarest battle plan of the Old French War." Kashnor dates [1759]. Submap: Foldover insert on lower left labeled "Second plate".. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 328.
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