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Hotan, 1654-1738
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no …
1710
Case Map
Authors Hotan, 1654-1738
Full Title Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710)
List No 5763.001
Note Wood block print. Hand colored. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many place names in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink.
Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773, …
L'Ocean, Fernand de Noronha.
1737
Physical Atlas
Authors Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773, Compagnie des Indes
Full Title Carte de la partie de l'Ocean vers l'Equateur entre les cotes d'Afrique et d'Amerique ... Dressee par Philippe Buache, Premier Geographe de sa Majeste, et de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, Septembre 1737. Plan de l'Isle de Fernand de Noronha situee sur les cotes du Bresil a l'E.N.E. de Rio Grande. Levee sur les lieux en 1734 par un officier de la Compagnie des Indes et la coupe de cette isle ... (with) Coupe du fonds de la Mer entre l'Afrique et l'Amerique depuis le Cap Tagrin jusqu'a Rio Grande ... A Paris, sur le Quay de la Megisserie, sous le privilege de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.
List No 5698.010
Note Two engraved maps on 1 sheet. Outline hand col. map. Relief shown by hachures. Scale of Fernand de Noronha map (ca. 1: 9,900). "57" on verso.
Bouvet de Lozier, J. B. Ch., …
Terres Australes.
1754
Physical Atlas
Authors Bouvet de Lozier, J. B. Ch., 1705-1786, Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773, Lisle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Full Title Carte des Terres Australes, comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pole Antarctique. Ou se voyent les nouvelles decouvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Par les ordres de Mrs. de la Compagnie des Indes. Dressee sur les Memoires et sur la carte originale de Mr. de Lozier Bouvet ... Par Philippe Buache de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences, gendre de feu Mr. Delisle, P(remi)er Geographe du Roy de la meme Acad. Augmentee de diverses vues physiques &c. 1754. Delahaye sculps. (with) Plan et vue des terres du Cap de la Circoncision. A Paris, sur le Quay de l'Horloge du Plais ... 1739.
List No 5698.002
Note Engraved hand col. hemispheric map. Surrounded by text "Extrait du voyage aux Terres Australes." "53."
Humboldt, Alexander von, 176 …
Decouvertes Boreales. Amer. …
1827
World Atlas
Authors Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
Full Title Decouvertes Boreales. Amer. Sep. no. 8. (with) Profil du Canal de Huehuetoca. (Dresse par Ph. Vandermaelen, lithographie par H. Ode. Quatrieme partie. - Amer. sept. Bruxelles. 1827)
List No 2212.213
Note Hand col. lithographed map. Prime meridian: Paris. Profile shown as inset in center of map: Desage real. Creuse pour preserver la ville de Mexico du danger des inondations (by Alexander von Humboldt)
Berghaus, Hermann
Gletscherkarte.
1892
Geologic Atlas
Authors Berghaus, Hermann
Full Title Gletscherkarte. Entw. v. Herm. Berghaus 1885, Ausg. 1888. Gez. v. M. Risch. Gest. v. O. Hess, Berge v. F. Kogel. Gotha: Justus Perthes (1892)
List No 1578.006
Note 21 lithographed maps on 1 sheet, color. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Contents: Inlandeis des Frederickshaab-Gletschers nach J.A.D. Jensen -- Gronlandisches Binnen-Eis -- Justedals Bra -- Jotun Fjeld -- Berner Oberland -- Gletscher des Halbinsel Kenai (Alaska) -- Aus dem sudlichen Gronland n. G. Holm -- Gletscher des Mount Tacoma (nach dem Northern Transcontinental Survey) von Bailey Willis -- Gletscher des Mount Shasta (nach dem U.S. Geological Survey) von J.S. Diller -- Gletscher von Oisans -- Nevado de Chillan nach A. Philippi -- San Rafael Gletscher -- Oetzthaler Gruppe -- Glockner Gruppe -- Ross-Gletscher (Sud-Georgien) -- Gletscher des Adai Choch (Kaukasus) nach M. v. Dechy -- Hohe von Schneegrenzen und Gletscher-Enden -- Gletscher des Kasbek -- Serafschan Gletscher (Turkestan) nach I.W. Muschketow -- Neuseelandische Alpen nach R. v. Lendenfield.
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Mapa de las costas de Tierra …
1840
National Atlas
Authors Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Full Title Mapa de las costas de Tierra-Firme, desde el Orinoco hasta Yucatan: de las islas Antillas y la mayor parte de las Lucayas con las derrotas que siguio Dn. Cristobal Colon en sus descubrimientos por estos mares y las derrotas de otros navigantes que reconocieron las costas de Venezuela. Lith. de Thierry Frs. a Paris. (Caracas 1840)
List No 5226.003
Note Lithographed map. Routes and names of Indian tribes hand col. Tribes color coded by language. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Caracas.
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1 …
Tidal chart British Seas.
1854
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871, Russell, J. Scott (John Scott), 1808-1882
Full Title Tidal chart of the British Seas. Showing the progress of the wave of high water, the hour of high water in Greenwich time at new and full moon, and the depth of the sea. Constructed under the direction of J. Scott Russell, Esqr., F.R.S., ED. by A.K. Johnston, F.R.G.S. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. 1 Nov. 1854. (1856)
List No 0372.016
Note Hand col. lithograph. Depths shown by bathymetric tints. "Hydrology no. 4."
Charpentier, Jean de, 1786-1 …
Alps glacier systems.
1854
Physical Atlas
Authors Charpentier, Jean de, 1786-1855, Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854, Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title Illustrations of the glacier systems of the Alps and of glacial phenomena in general. From the surveys and sketches of Professor Forbes, the maps of Raymond, Weiss, Charpentier &c., by A.K. Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. 1st. November 1854. (1856)
List No 0372.010
Note Four col. maps on 1 sheet. Includes 4 inset maps and 2 diagrams. Contents: Map of the glacier system of Mont Blanc. Scale (ca. 1:120,000) -- Map of the snow-field glaciers of the Bernese Oberland. Scale (ca. 1:120,000) -- Sketch of part of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni -- Map of the limits of the erratic deposit of the valley of the Rhone by J. de Charpentier -- Eye sketch of the glacier of Miace -- Eye sketch of the glacier of Allalein in the valley of Saas -- Sketch of the glacier of Talefre -- Eye sketch of the glacier of Schonhorn near the Simplon -- Sketch showing the actual elevation of the snow line in different latitudes from the Equator to the poles -- Diagram showing the actual slope of the Mer de Glace, and its tributaries. "Geology no. 9."
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1 …
Hyetographic, rain map.
1854
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title Hyetographic or rain map of the World, with a special map of the temperature and rain fall of India by A.K. Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. 1st. June 1854. (1856)
List No 0372.021
Note Col. lithographed map. Inset: Rain map of India. Scale [ca. 1:32,000,000] . Inset charts: Amount of rain in the zones, decrease from the Equator to the poles -- Decrease of the amount of rain from the coasts to the interior of continents -- Increase of the amount of rain on the slopes of mountains. "Meteorology no. 3."
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1 …
Hyetographic map Europe.
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title Hyetographic or rain map of Europe with an enlarged rain map of the British Isles by A.K. Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. (1856)
List No 0372.022
Note Col. lithographed map. "Meteorology no. 4."
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Heights Of The Principal Mou …
1846
World Atlas
Authors Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title Heights Of The Principal Mountains In The World. Lengths Of The Principal Rivers In The World. F. Humphrys. Sculpt. Entered ... 1846, H.N. Burroughs ... Pennsylvania.
List No 0537.001
Note In full color with charts listing mountain heights and river lengths.
Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
(Cuadros de alturas, superfi …
1840
National Atlas
Authors Codazzi, Agustin, 1793-1859
Full Title (Un cuadro de alturas que comprende las de las cordilleras de Merida, de la costa de Caracas, Coro, Cumana y Margarita, y ultimamente las del sistema de la Parima. Otro cuadro comparativo de la superficie y poblacion de cada provincia. Otro de los principales rios que banan el territorio venezolano, ora procedentes de sus sistemas de montanas, ora de los Andes granadinos, o de la serrania de la Parima) Lith. de Thierry, freres, Paris. (Caracas 1840)
List No 5226.019
Note One sheet of lithographed charts, views and maps. Includes "Prospectiva ideal de la Cordillera ...," "Tabla comparativa del curso de los principales rios de Venezuela ...," and "Tabla comparativa de la extension de cada provincia en leguas cuadradas ... con la poblacion absoluta y relativa de las mismas."
Quin, Edward
A.D. 1498. The Discovery Of …
1830
Historical Atlas
Authors Quin, Edward
Full Title A.D. 1498. The Discovery Of America. Engraved by Sidy. Hall Bury Strt. Bloomsby. London, Published by Seeley & Burnside, 169, Fleet Street, Jany. 1830.
List No 2839.016
Note The fold out map shows clouds around the outer edges of the map depicting the known world from the division of the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1294, to the discovery of America, A.D. 1498. Sixteenth period. Africa is fully shown for the first time and the East Coast of America from Newfoundland to the northern edge of South America. The West Indies are shown in blue.
Quin, Edward
B.C. 2348. The Deluge.
1830
Historical Atlas
Authors Quin, Edward
Full Title B.C. 2348. The Deluge. Engraved by Sidy. Hall Bury Strt. Bloomsby. London Published June 1828 by Seeley & Burnside 169 Fleet Street.
List No 2839.001
Note Map covered primarily by clouds showing the known earth from the Creation to the Deluge, 2348 B.C. (to A.M. 1656). First period. Eden shown through the clouds with Mt. Ararat and the Land of Nod.
Pick, Eug.
Tableau De L'Histoire Univer …
1858
Case Map, Historical Atlas, …
Authors Pick, Eug.
Full Title Tableau De L'Histoire Universelle depuis la Creation jusqu'a ce jour. Paris, Eug. Pick, Libraire-Editeur, Rue du Pont de Lodi, 5. Frault aine, imprimeur, Paris, rue des Noyers, 67. 1858
List No 3246.001
Note Compare to Colton's Stream of Time, 1842. Has vignettes of people, buildings, historical scenes and important places in the history of the world. Full color. Dissected into 9 sections and edged in white cloth.
Willard, Emma
Picture of nations.
1836
Historical Atlas
Authors Willard, Emma
Full Title Picture of nations or perspective sketch of the course of empire. To accompany Willard's Universal history in perspective. Entered ... 1835, by F.J. Huntington ... Connecticut. (1836)
List No 4545.001
Note Engraved chart.
Rand McNally and Company, Sp …
The Histomap.
1931
Timeline
Authors Rand McNally and Company, Sparks, John B.
Full Title The Histomap. Four Thousand Years Of World History. Relative Power Of Contemporary States, Nations And Empires. Copyright by John B. Sparks. Published by Histomap, Inc. Chicago, Ill. Printed and distributed in the U.S.A. by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, Ill.
List No 1810.001
Note Histomap is accompanied by a Foreword explaining the purpose and layout of the history. Map and Foreword slide into a green folder with title and relevant information, such as price, on the outside.
Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832- …
Cuadro historico-geroglifico …
1858
National Atlas
Authors Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912, Ramirez, Jose Fernando, 1804-1871
Full Title Cuadro historico-geroglifico de la peregrinacion de las tribus Aztecas que poblaron el Valle de Mexico. Num. I. Acompanado de algunas esplicaciones para su inteligencia, por D. Jose Fernando Ramirez, Conservador del Museo Nacional. Litog. de Iriarte y Ca., calle de Santa Clara no. 23. Munozguren litogo. Imprenta de Lara. Entegra 29a. (1858)
List No 4116.031
Note Lithographed pictorial map. Surrounded by explanatory text. "Atlas mexicano, por Antonio Garcia y Cubas Cuadro I."
Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832- …
Cuadro historico-geroglifico …
1858
National Atlas
Authors Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912, Ramirez, Jose Fernando, 1804-1871
Full Title Cuadro historico-geroglifico de la peregrinacion de las tribus Aztecas que poblaron el Valle de Mexico. Num. 2. Acompanado de algunas esplicaciones para su inteligencia, por D. Jose Fernando Ramirez, Conservador del Museo Nacional. Impr. Litog. de Iriarte y Ca., ce. de Santa Clara no. 23. Munozguren litogo. Imprenta de Lara. Entegra 31a. (1858)
List No 4116.032
Note Lithographed pictorial map in 5 segments. Surrounded by explanatory text. "Atlas mexicano, por Antonio Garcia y Cubas Cuadro II."
Arbuckle Bros.
Cover: Arbuckles' illlustrat …
1889
National Atlas
Authors Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title (Front cover to) Arbuckles' lllustrated Atlas of the United States of America. Copyright 1889, Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No 0027A
Note The front cover features a card with a map of the District of Columbia and a picture of the capitol.
Arbuckle Bros.
South Carolina, Wisconsin, M …
1889
National Atlas
Authors Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title South Carolina, Wisconsin, Maine, Michigan. Copyright 1889 Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No 0027.001
Note Sheet with maps of four states in full color. The notes for Maine mention that the population included "8 Chinese." It is also noted that in Michigan although the climate in the winter is "cold and rigorous," the death rate is low. Each card measures 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
Arbuckle Bros.
Massachusetts, Vermont, Kent …
1889
National Atlas
Authors Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title Massachusetts, Vermont, Kentucky, New Jersey. Copyright 1889 Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No 0027.002
Note Sheet with maps of four states in full color. The card for Massachusetts notes that it is the leading state in its manufacture of paper and leather. Vermont is noted for being "extremely healthy" with "miasmatic diseases...totally unknown." Each card measures 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
Arbuckle Bros.
Cover: Arbuckles' illustrate …
1889
National Atlas
Authors Arbuckle Bros.
Full Title (Back cover to) Arbuckles' lllustrated Atlas of the United States of America. Copyright 1889, Arbuckle Bros. N.Y.
List No 0027B
Note The back cover shows Alaska, featuring scenes of the whaling industry.
Northern Steamship Company
Northern Steamship Co. (map)
1909
Timetable Map
Authors Northern Steamship Company
Full Title In all the World no trip like this Northern Steamship Co. east and west via the Great Lakes. (inset) St. Mary's River. (inset) Lake St. Clair, Detroit and St. Clair Rivers.
List No 5280.001
Note Map printed in brown ink with 2 insets. Includes distance table and lake depth profile. St. Mary's inset at (ca. 1:840,000 scale), other inset at (ca. 1:890,000 scale)
Northern Steamship Company
Cover: Northern Steamship Co …
1909
Timetable Map
Authors Northern Steamship Company
Full Title (Covers to) Northern Steamship Co. Northland. Northwest ...
List No 5280A
Note Back cover reads "Northwest. Northland. Northern Steamship Co. ... June Edition." Covers are cream colored paper. (20) p. pamphlet (including covers). Text refers to 1909 season.
Weekly Pantagraph
Map Of McLean County, Ill. 1 …
1886
Separate Map
Authors Weekly Pantagraph
Full Title The Weekly Pantagraph's Premium Map Of McLean County, Ill. 1886. Copyrighted & Published By J.S. Hambaugh, Chicago. Geo. P. Ela, Civil And Drainage Engineer, Bloomington, Ill.
List No 3717.000
Note Surrounded by advertisements for 16 Bloomington, Illinois businesses, including a beautiful illustration of "The Perfect Carbon," a parlor stove sold by the Bloomington Stove Company. Printed in full color by township.
Kincer, Joseph Burton, Marsc …
Annual March of Significant …
1928
National Atlas
Authors Kincer, Joseph Burton, Marschner, Francis J.
Full Title Annual March of Significant Temperatures at Selected Stations. Atlas of American Agriculture.
List No 5797.019
Note United States map of hydrographic features with graphs of monthly temperatures of 23 stations across the country.
Kincer, Joseph Burton
Monthly Temperature Maps: Ja …
1928
National Atlas
Authors Kincer, Joseph Burton
Full Title (Monthly Temperature Maps:) January. February. Atlas of American Agriculture. FJM.
List No 5797.013
Note Ten maps and some text. Shows for each month: average monthly temperature, average daily maximum temperature, highest monthly mean temperature, average daily minimum temperature, and lowest monthly mean temperature.
Kincer, Joseph Burton
Monthly Precipitation. Atlas …
1922
National Atlas
Authors Kincer, Joseph Burton
Full Title Monthly Precipitation for Each of the Twenty Years, 1895-1914. Atlas of American Agriculture.
List No 5797.041
Note Shows a monthly scatter diagram with averages for each selected station.
Arnold, Mary D., Marbut, Cur …
Color Profiles of Representa …
1935
National Atlas
Authors Arnold, Mary D., Marbut, Curtis F.
Full Title Color Profiles of Representative Soils of the Great Soil Groups. Soils, Plate 3. Atlas of American Agriculture.
List No 5797.072
Note Artist Mary D. Arnold.
Instituto Geographico di Ago …
Oceano Pacifico.
1952
World Atlas
Authors Instituto Geographico di Agostini
Full Title Oceano Pacifico. (insets) Isola Christmas (del Natale), Manihiki, Isole Truk, Bikini, Is. Wallis, Isola della Pasqua, Eniwetok, and Is. Gambier.
List No 2170.009
Note Bathymetry tinted.
Mertens & Lang
Paradise Found!
1893
Broadside
Authors Mertens & Lang
Full Title Paradise Found! (Looking South). Lith. H.S. Crocker Co. S.F.
List No 5795.002
Note Full color bird's eye view map of this part of Haight Ashbury neighborhood on one side, looking south up Clayton Street. Known as the (Golden Gate) Park Panhandle neighborhood now in the Haight Ashbury. Fascinating what portions of city are forested or cleared, streetcar lines, ballpark (now residential), individual buildings and homes, and hills.
Mertens & Lang
Text Page: At Auction
1893
Broadside
Authors Mertens & Lang
Full Title (Text Page) At Auction, 104 Lots at Peremptory Sale Without Limit or Reserve Situated as Shown Within. Mertens & Land, 36 Montgomery St., Cor. Sutter.
List No 5795.001
Note Red and green printing which includes lot plat map. Known as the (Golden Gate) Park Panhandle neighborhood now in the Haight Ashbury. "All streets graded, sewered, and macadamized. Every lot ready to build on." Marginalia: "Auction of Baird Estate, S.F. May 15 - 1893. James Leonard Collection." Auction date also printed on broadside.
Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning
Our Nation's Camp Ground.
1861
Separate Map
Authors Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning
Full Title Our Nation's Camp Ground. Published By Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, 156 William Street, N.Y. (with) Two inset maps of the Mid-Atlantic States and Washington. (with) 6 inset pictures.
List No 5438.000
Note Full county color on the Mid-Atlantic map and partial color on the Washington inset. Inset pictures include: 2 drawings entitled "Star Spangled Banner" and "The Outrage On The American Flag At Fort Sumter", 3 figures including a man holding the U.S. flag, Justice captioned "Justice Disarmed" and Liberty wrapped in the flag with the caption "Liberty Weeping", 1 drawing of citizens saluting the flag, constitution & laws. Quote at top reads, "If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag shoot him on the spot."--Gen. John A. Dix.
Lloyd, H.H.
The National Political Chart …
1861
Broadside
Authors Lloyd, H.H.
Full Title The National Political Chart. Lloyd's New Political Chart, 1861. With a Map of the United States, showing the Free States, Border Slave States, Cotton States, and Territories, in Different Colors. Published at H.H. Lloyd & Co.'s Agents' General Depot for Books, Maps, and Stationery Packages, 25 Howard Street, New York. Entered ... 1861, by H.H. Lloyd & Co. ... New York.
List No 5530.000
Note Map of the U.S. is in full color with a large red border delineating the Slave States. Numerous portraits, biographies, and statistics are included.
Magnus, Charles
One Hundred & Fifty Miles Ar …
1864
Separate Map
Authors Magnus, Charles
Full Title One Hundred & Fifty Miles Around Richmond. Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment - Offices: 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St. Washington, D.C. Eleventh Edition 3000 of Magnus' all around Map ... Battle Ground of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. May, 5-23, 1864. Price 50 Cents. (with 9 small maps) Memphis And Nashville, Tenn. 225 Miles Around Vicksburg, Miss. 250 Miles Around Galveston, Texas. 200 Miles Around Montgomery, Ala. 100 Miles Around Milledgeville, Ga. Fortifications Around Richmond, Va. 250 Miles Around Charleston, S.C. 100 Miles Around Chattanooga, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn., Danville, Ky. And Parkersburg, Va.
List No 3969.000
Note Illustrated in Stephenson (10th edition). This must have been a popular map - Stephenson shows 12 editions (but not this 11th edition). The central circular map shows the country around Richmond, and is surrounded by nine smaller circular maps of other battle areas. Map in blue with red border and title.
Popple, Henry
A Map of the British Empire …
1733
National Atlas
Authors Popple, Henry
Full Title A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. (Sheet 17).
List No 2874.019
Note First panel of the last column includes part of Central America and the title cartouche. Drawing depicts natives and local flora and fauna. In the background, the British are loading a ship and talking. Uncolored.
Arnold, T. J. (Thomas Jeffer …
Map exhibiting the salt mars …
1874
Chart Map, Wall Map
Authors Arnold, T. J. (Thomas Jefferson), d. 1878, California. Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor
Full Title Map exhibiting the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands disposed of by the State of California in and adjacent to the bays of San Francisco and San Pablo and now subject to reclamation. Prepared from maps of the U.S. Coast Survey & official records by order of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for the United States Commissioners on San Francisco Harbor. By T.J. Arnold, engineer of the sea wall. 1874. U.S. Commissioners Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Major G.H. Mendell, Prof. George Davidson. State Harbor Commissioners Samuel Soule, T.D. Mathewson, D.C. McRuer. Britton Rey & Co. Lith. S.F.
List No 4469.000
Note This map shows the shoreline property sold by the state to private parties and "now subject to reclamation" (i.e. ready to be filled). The Vogdes map is probably later. An unusual view of the bay, with east at the top, shows water depths. With black top and bottom rollers. With full printed color in subtle tan shades. Printed on 2 sheets. David Rumsey copy mounted as one sheet, backed with cloth.
Smith, Asa
Mercury, Venus.
1850
Celestial Atlas
Authors Smith, Asa
Full Title Mercury, Venus. (with) Telescopic view of Venus. (with) Venus, a morning & evening star alternately 290 days. (By Asa Smith. New York: Cady & Burgess, 60 John Street. 1850)
List No 0903.007
Note Black and white illustration with 2 insets.
Smith, Asa
Saturn.
1850
Celestial Atlas
Authors Smith, Asa
Full Title Saturn. (By Asa Smith. New York: Cady & Burgess, 60 John Street. 1850)
List No 0903.011
Note Black and white illustration. Insets: Perpendicular view of Saturn's rings -- Saturn (deity) -- A view of Saturn's rings and moons as seen from the planet at midnight.
Smith, Asa
(Eclipses)
1850
Celestial Atlas
Authors Smith, Asa
Full Title (Eclipses. By Asa Smith. New York: Cady & Burgess, 60 John Street. 1850)
List No 0903.016
Note Nine (fig. 1-9) black and white illustrations. Title from table of contents.
Smith, Asa
Greatest number of eclipses …
1850
Celestial Atlas
Authors Smith, Asa
Full Title Greatest number of eclipses in one year. (By Asa Smith. New York: Cady & Burgess, 60 John Street. 1850)
List No 0903.018
Note Black and white illustration.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo Celeste 4.
1792
Globe gores
Authors Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Full Title (Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.)
List No 5750.004
Note Relief shown pictorially. Fourth of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Includes I Pesci, L'Ariete and Il Toro. Features a particularly decorative projection of the heavens and is attractively colored, with the constellations shown in their classical forms. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo Celeste 3.
1792
Globe gores
Authors Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Full Title (Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.)
List No 5750.003
Note Relief shown pictorially. Third of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Includes I Gemelli, Il Cancro and Il Leone. Features a particularly decorative projection of the heavens and is attractively colored, with the constellations shown in their classical forms. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo Celeste 1.
1792
Globe gores
Authors Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Full Title Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.
List No 5750.001
Note Relief shown pictorially. First of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Features a particularly decorative projection of the heavens and is attractively colored, with the constellations shown in their classical forms. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo Celeste 2.
1792
Globe gores
Authors Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Full Title (Globo Celeste calcolato peril corrente anno sulle osservazioni de Sigg. Flamsteed e de la Caille. Roma : Calc(ografi)a Cam(era)le, 1792. Inciso dal P. Gio. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S.)
List No 5750.002
Note Relief shown pictorially. Second of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Includes legend "Grandezze delle Stelle." Features a particularly decorative projection of the heavens and is attractively colored, with the constellations shown in their classical forms. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Andriveau-Goujon, J.
Cosmographie generale.
1850
World Atlas
Authors Andriveau-Goujon, J.
Full Title Cosmographie generale. Paris, Chez Andriveau-Goujon, Rue du Bac, 17. Paris, typographie de Firmin Didot Freres, Rue Jacob, 56. (1850)
List No 2486.002
Note Hand col. Includes descriptive text and 8 inset charts. "Atlas universel, no. 2."
Andriveau-Goujon, J., Soulie …
Phases de la lune.
1850
World Atlas
Authors Andriveau-Goujon, J., Soulier, E.
Full Title Phases et mouvemens de la lune. Dresse et dessine par E. Soulier, de Sauve. Chez J. Andriveau-Goujon, Paris, Rue du Bac, no. 17. 1850. Jenotte sculp.
List No 2486.005
Note Hand col. Includes text and 6 inset diagrams. "Atlas universel, no. 5."
Andriveau-Goujon, J., Nicoll …
Mouvemens du soleil.
1850
World Atlas
Authors Andriveau-Goujon, J., Nicollet, H., Soulier, E.
Full Title Mouvemens apparens du soleil, theorie des saisons. Compose et dessine par H. Nicollet. Le texte de les fig. suppl. par E. Soulier. Publie par J. Andriveau-Goujon a Paris, Rue du Bac, no. 17, Paris, 1850.
List No 2486.003
Note Hand col. Includes text and 4 inset charts. "Atlas universel, no. 3."
Andriveau-Goujon, J., Nicoll …
Revolution annuelle de la te …
1850
World Atlas
Authors Andriveau-Goujon, J., Nicollet, H., Soulier, E.
Full Title Revolution annuelle de la terre autour du soleil. Compose et dessine par H. Nicollet. Le texte de les fig. suppl. par E. Soulier. Paris, publie par J. Andriveau-Goujon, Rue du Bac, no. 17, 1850.
List No 2486.004
Note Hand col. Includes text and 2 inset charts. "Atlas universel, no. 4."
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