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    United States, by J. Arrowsmith

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    Kashnor notes, "The most westerly states are Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Wisconsin is called North-West Territory, or Huron. and the map takes in the Minnesota country beyond Red River, locating Pembina." Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 602 Two of eighteen segments have green cloth backing..

    093:602 M

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    North America Sheet V The North West and Michigan Territories

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    Kashnor notes, "Wisconsin is called Huron or North-West Territory, locating the Green Bay Township and a part bounded by the Illinois boundary, and the Wisconsin as 'Iowa Country'. Shows Chicago and Fort Dearborn as separate places." "J.& C. Walker sculpt. Tenner." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 830 30.

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    British Possessions in North America. From Mr. Arrowsmiths Map of North America &c. &c

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows Hudson's Bay Territory, locating all the forts as far North-west as Slave Fort, west to McLeod's and Fork Fort on Peace River. Gives the north-west coast from San Francisco to Point Valdez in Alaska." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Conic. Watermark: J Whatman 1810. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 226.

    093:226 M

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    Partie de la Nouvelle Hanovre

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows Vancouver's track around the Island of that name, Mackenzie's route from the Fraser to the Pacific, locating the Fort on North Thompson River, and Fort Alexander on the Fraser." Note 48th parallel is shown too far south. Division shown would have placed Vancouver, BC in the US. Kashnor dates as ca. 1826. MS note: British Columbia. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 220.

    093:220 M

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    Map of the United States by J. H. Young Philadelphia: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1836

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows the remarkable amount of western settlement at the time. It locates the Green Bay Settlement in Wisconsin, and the country as far as Fort Snelling. It is the only authentic map of the Middle West of the period." Numerous tables and submaps. Cartouche: Mechanical progress. Submaps: Vicinity of Boston; Vicinity of New York; Vicinity of Philadelphia; Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington; Vicinity of Charleston; Vicinity of N. Orleans; Map of North America including all the Recent Geographical Discoveries. Tables: Statistics of the United States; Comparative heights of mountains, lengths of rivers; Index of Counties &c. in the United States; Lengths of the Principal Canals in the United States; Distances of the Erie and Champlain Canals.. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesCartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 599 4 sheets.

    093:599 M

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    Map of America

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    Kashnor notes, "An important map,. showing the Oregon boundary reaching to the coast at the 49th parallel, and showing Russian-American possessions extending down the coast to Observation Inlet. The northern coast includes the discoveries of Franklin and Richardson, Dease and Simpson." Texas is shown extending north of Santa Fe. See 093:557 for a later version of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 556.

    093:556 M