General Mapp of the Continent and Islands which bee adjacent to Jamaica

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  A New Map of the English Plantations in America. both Continent and Islands, Shewing their true situtation and distance from England or one with another

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  Kashnor notes: "Shows Carolina, locating Charles Town, Port Royal, Port Carteret, &c.; also Virginia, Maryland, New York, and New England. A fine map issued before Pennsylvania was founded." Kashnor dates as ca. 1680. Cartouche with Natives. MS note: 1680 Submap: North Atlantic, polar view.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: PL. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheSub-maps. References: McCorkle 673.1. Verso Text: MS note: 105-338.

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  A New Map of the West Indies; or the Islands of America in the North Sea

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  Kashnor notes, :Shows the coast of present-day Texas, and locates the Acansa and Teaucas Land, 'The People about this river are continually in Wars with the Spaniards'." Four harbor submaps. Submaps: A Draught of the Bay & City of Havana; The Bay of Porto Bella; A Draught of the Sity of Cartogena, its Harbour & Forts; La Vara Cruz. Cartouche: Soldiers, battle.. " With the Adjacent Parts, Explaining what belongs to England, Holland, Spain, France, &c. Also the Several Tracts made by the Gallions and Flota. by N. Vischer of Amsterdam. Is now done into English with many Considerable improvements according to the Newest and Best Observations." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsCartouche.

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  Columbia Prima or South America, in which has been attempted to dedicate the Extent of our Knowledge of that Continent

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  Kashnor notes, "Coloured in indication of nationalities. A magnificent map of South America, from Santiago to Cape Horn, affording a complete and accurate view of the great Spanish Empire on the eve of its dissolution. It indicates the location of the various Indian nations, e.g. the 'Aracuyas,' who 'live chiefly on tiger's flesh'; the 'Los Plateros' or Silversmiths, 'now extinct'; the 'Mavorunas, called by the Spaniards Los Barbudos, the Bearded Nation, the only one in Spanish America,' &c. The attempt here to map out interior Brazil is particularly interesting." "Extracted Chiefly from the Original Manuscript Maps of His Excellency the late Chevarier Pinto; Likewise from those of Joao Joaquim da Rocha, Joao da Costa Ferreira. El Padre Francisco Manuel Sobreviela &c. and from the most authentic edited accounts of those countries. Digested / Constructed by The late eminent and learned Geographer Louis Stanislaus Darcy de la Rochette." Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 842 four sheets 38 38* 38** 38***.

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  A new Mapp of Jamaica According to the last Survey

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  Kashnor notes, "With a very curious cut north of the Porus Mountains, apparently representing two men fighting a duel with muskets. The original issue of Moxom's exceedingly rare map." Cartouche: Indians, coat of arms. Figures: Native holding scale, farm animals, pineapples, dueling figures. Dedication subcartouche.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheFigures . Verso Text: MS note: 459.

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  Map of the British Empire in America With the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto by Henry Popple

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  Kashnor notes, "Copied from Popple's map With the titles in English and French. ShoWs Carolina divided into counites, With Georgia and the Forts neWly erected, and Savannah." Kashnor dates as ca. 1740, RLIN record suggests 1755. Cartouche of Indians, traders. MS note: No. 10. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle [741.2]. Verso Text: MS note: 326.

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  Mappe-Monde

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  Kashnor notes, "Shows the west coast of North America as far as 45 deg., beyond which 'On n'a pas de connoissances sures des bornes de ce-côte-ci.' In the Southern Pacific are shown the 'Antipodes des principales Villes d'Europe.' Australia is given with a conjectural eastern coast; Tasmania does not appear, but a portion of the western coast of New Zealand is included in the Western Hemisphere. The routes of Anson and Caradonga are marked. An interesting map." Kashnor identifies the maker as [Jean Palariet]. See 105:039M for rework of this map by Robert de Vaugondy in 1783. Climate zones shown Eastern Hemisphere. Antipodes on Western Hemisphere.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Large coat of arms with fleur de lis.. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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