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Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dresée Sur les Nouvelles Observations de Mrs. de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
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Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre : Dressée Sur les Relations les plus nouvelles Soumises aux Observations Astronomoques les plus recentes au sont marquées les Nouvelles Découvertes / Par J.B. Nolin, Géographe
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Last voyage on the map is Cook's in 1779. Date provided is between then and Denis' death in 1794. Brilliant coloring of the four continental representations. Multiple repairs to verso. Vignettes: Four continents; Celestial views. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Mappe-monde ou description generale du globe terrestre et aquatique : selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and inserts an imaginary coastline across the Pacific Ocean in a north-westerly direction from Cape Horn. At the top is a curious engraving representing the earth floating in space." Kashnor dates as 1714. Rosenthal dates as 1713 and gives appeared in information. Elaborate border of allegorical figures, animals . Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 248.
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Mappe-Monde Dresée sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et quelques autres et sur les memoires les plus recens. A son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc de Chartes
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the Gulf of California only reaching as high as the Bona Guia, but without the definite termination; also shows New Holland and part of New Zealand, with the tracks of Mendana, Dampier, Olivier, Tasman, Pelsart, Magellan and le Maire." Shirley shows this as first edition, 1700, note slant of South America's tip to the west. See also 093:181, 105:244 and 105:245 for later editions. Cartouche - figures representing four continents. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Shirley 603. Verso Text: MS notes: 180 3.
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Mappe Monde ou sont marquées les Nouvelles Decouvertes, par M. Brion de la Tour, Ing'r. Geog. du Roi
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the North-West Coast from the discoveries of Cook and Clerke, locating the tracks of Cook and the English explorers in the Pacific. Indicated New Albion and the Port of Drake, New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea." Two section of cartouche include information on sections designed by M. Brion and by M. Clermont. Five elaborately drawn figures representing continents symbolically. Cartouche with fruits and flowers, vines.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheFigures . Verso Text: MS. notes: Mappe-Monde 1783; 93/38..
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Mappe-Monde pour connoitre les progrés & les conquestes les plus Remarquables des Province-Unies, Ainsy que celles des Compagnies d'Orient et d'Occident, et les Pais qu'elles possédent dans l'autre Hemisphere
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, locates the land of Quir, and indicates the assumed location of Bering Strait." Has a grid using capital and small letters to locate places. Places then described with dates of discovery around map edges. Lion with sword and arrows defending monarch(?) in woven enclosure, bottom center. Cartouche of lion defending monarch(?) Two sailing ships below map, lion rampant center.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: Ms note: 247.
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Cartes des Côtes Meridionales de l'Isle de Terre Neuve Comprenant des l'Isles Royale et de Sable Avec la partie du Grand Banc, où se fait la pêche de la Morue; Dresée par Philippe Buache sur le Carte mste. du même Auteur presentée à l'Academie Rle. des Sciences le 28 Juillet 1736. Et comparée avec le Plan de ces mêmes Côtes et Isles de la Carte de Mr. Popple de l'an 1733
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Kashnor notes, "According to the draughtsman the Popple map was not in the proper latitude." Actually, it is a longitude error Buache is referring to. Buache has a long history of designing similar maps to show up errors of other mapmakers and enhance his own position. His map is printed in blue as an overlay of the Popple map printed in red. An early dual printed map. MS note: 252. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 252 CDO (?).
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