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Wilson's New American Thirteen Inch Terrestrial Globe.
Lancaster, Cyrus; Wilso...
Wilson's New American T...
1836
4992.000
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[Lancaster, Cyrus, Wilson, James]
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Wilson's New American Thirteen Inch Terrestrial Globe, Exhibiting with the Greatest Possible Accuracy, The Positions of the Principal Known Places of the Earth; with the Tracks of Various Circumnavigators, Together with New Discoveries and Political Alterations Down to the present Period: 1836. By Cyrus Lancaster, Albany St. N.Y. S. Wood & Sons Agents N. York.
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4992.000
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The second year of production of Wilson's Thirteen Inch Globe by Cyrus Lancaster. Compared to the last Wilson issue of 1834 (see our #4310) we cannot detect any changes in the geography. In fact, both the 1834 and the 1836 are out of date regarding the United States - Arkansas is shown in enlarged pre 1824 form and Northwestern Territory is shown where Michigan Territory should be. But then most of the early American globes did not keep current with the changes to political geography. With a four leg table stand. Total height from base to top is 18 inches.
Mappemonde.
Covens et Mortier; L'Is...
Mappemonde.
1742
4638.001
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[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
Full Title
Mappemonde a l'usage du Roy. Par Guillaume Delisle, Premier Geographe de S.M. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes. J. Condet sc. (1742?)
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4638.001
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Hand colored engraved double hemisphere map. Relief shown pictorially. Shows explorers' tracks. Prime meridian: Ferro. Ornamental title by "J. Punt fec."
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu.
Hotan, 1654-1738
Nanzenbushu bankoku sho...
1710
5763.001
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Hotan, 1654-1738
Full Title
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710)
List No
5763.001
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Wood block print. Hand colored. In Chinese with Japanese annotations in red ink. 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 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.
Grand theatre de la guerre, frontieres de France, d'Allemagne.
Covens et Mortier; L'Is...
Grand theatre de la gue...
1742
4638.048
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[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
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Grand theatre de la guerre sur les frontieres de France & d'Allemagne, ou Carte nouvelle du cours du Rhin et des pais circonvoisins, contenant la Haute & Basse Alsace, le Palatinat, les electorats de Mayence, de Treves & une partie de Cologne, de Hesse, de Franconie, de Baviere, le cercle de Souabe, le Duche de Wurtemberg, de Brisgaw, de Bade, de Suntgaw, &c. &c. &c. Par Guillaume de L'Isle, Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences a Paris. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes. (1742)
List No
4638.048
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Hand colored engraved title page including portions of a map at borrom and at left. Includes inset maps: Strasbourg -- Coblentz -- Landau -- Fort Louis -- Brisach -- Mayence -- Manheim -- Hailbron -- Fribourg -- Rhinfels -- New Brisach -- Heidelberg -- Huningue. Includes view: Siege de Philipsbourg. Relief shown by hachures.
Grand Canon, foot of the Toroweap looking East.
Dutton, Clarence E. (Cl...
Grand Canon, foot of th...
1882
4713.005
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[Dutton, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1841-1912, Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933]
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The Grand Canon at the foot of the Toroweap - Looking East. W(illiam) H. H(olmes). Atlas Sheet VI. Julius Bien & Co. lith. U.S. Geological Survey, Geology of the Grand Canon District.
List No
4713.005
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In full color.
Phases de la lune.
Andriveau-Goujon, J.; S...
Phases de la lune.
1850
2486.005
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Author
[Andriveau-Goujon, J., Soulier, E.]
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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
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Hand col. Includes text and 6 inset diagrams. "Atlas universel, no. 5."
Cover: New map of America.
Darton, William
Cover: New map of Ameri...
1814
3407A
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Darton, William
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(Covers to) A New Map of America, Dissected for the Instruction of Youth in Geography. (with) North America, from the Latest Authorities. Engraved by Willm. Darton. No. 58, Holborn Hill. Published Jany. 26, 1814 by Willm. Darton, London.
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3407A
Revolution annuelle de la terre autour du soleil.
Andriveau-Goujon, J.; N...
Revolution annuelle de ...
1850
2486.004
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Author
[Andriveau-Goujon, J., Nicollet, H., Soulier, E.]
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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
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Hand col. Includes text and 2 inset charts. "Atlas universel, no. 4."
San Francisco Birds eye view.
Parsons, Charles R., 18...
San Francisco Birds eye...
1878
5683.000
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Parsons, Charles R., 1821-1910
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The city of San Francisco. Birds eye view from the bay looking south-west. Sketched & drawn by C. R. Parsons. Copyright 1878, by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St., New York.
List No
5683.000
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Col. lithograph. David Rumsey Collection copy framed. Unnumbered key in lower margin. "Very high view to west and southwest. Golden Gate, upper right. Various crafts in Bay" -- Baird.
Length, rivers of Scotland.
Lizars, William Home; T...
Length, rivers of Scotl...
1832
5748.002
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Author
[Lizars, William Home, Thomson, John]
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A comparative view of the lengths of the principal rivers of Scotland. (with) Comparative view of the height of the falls of Foyers and Corba Linn. Drawn by W.H. Lizars. Engd. by W.H. Lizars. Published by John Thomson, Edinburgh, 1831. (1832)
List No
5748.002
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Hand colored engraved view with 2 insets.
Heights Of The Principal Mountains In The World.
Mitchell, Samuel August...
Heights Of The Principa...
1846
0537.001
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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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
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In full color with charts listing mountain heights and river lengths.
Terrestrial Globe ... Celestial Globe.
Wilson, James
Terrestrial Globe ... C...
1822
3122.000
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Wilson, James
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A three inch Terrestrial Globe by Wilson's & Co. Alby. (with) A Celestial Globe, With all the Stars of the 1st. 2d. & 3d. Magnitudes. By Wilson & Son's Alby.
List No
3122.000
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The date of the globes is an estimate. Paired with a three inch celestial globe. On a turned wooden stand with four black ball feet, full height from base to top, 5 inches. Warner says that Wilson changed the business name from Wilson & Co. to Wilson & Sons in 1822. The celestial globe this is paired with is by Wilson & Sons, so I assume 1822 as the only year globes were made with both business names. The globe is very well engraved, showing much detail in the continents for its small size. Longitude is given from both Washington and London. Kimball notes that David Wilson, James' son, did the engraving for a new edition of the three inch globes in the early 1820's, which I assume are these globes. David later had brief success as a miniature painter, utilizing the same delicate engraving skills which he applied to these extremely well engraved globes. The three inch globe was also sold in pocket form with the celestial sphere on the inside of the case and on a stand with horizon ring and brass meridian. On this turned wooden stand version, the globe is mounted horizontally, an unusual presentation. Wilson made the first globes in the United States, with 1810 his first year of production and 1850 (by Cyrus Lancaster) his last.
Paris.
Covens et Mortier; L'Is...
Paris.
1742
4638.017
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[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
Full Title
Le plan de Paris, ses faubourgs et ses environs. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Platte Grond van Parys, zyn voorburgen en om leggende Plaatse. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, avec privilege. (1742)
List No
4638.017
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Hand colored engraved map. Shows buildings, fields, walls, gardens, etc.
Spheres et globes.
Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1...
Spheres et globes.
1791
2612.001
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Author
[Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794, Lattre, Jean]
Full Title
Sphere de Copernic. Sphere de Ptolemee. Globe Terrestre. Globe Celeste. (A Paris, Chez Lattre Graveur, et Delalain Libraire, 1791)
List No
2612.001
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Four engraved drawings of globes and spheres.
Composite: Asia, islands according to d'Anville.
Kitchin, Thomas
Composite: Asia, island...
1787
0411.030
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Kitchin, Thomas
Full Title
(Composite of) Asia and its islands according to d'Anville; divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, &ca. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English under Captn. Cook. (By Thomas Kitchin). London, printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street as the Act directs, 6 Jany. 1787.
List No
0411.030
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Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 4 sheets. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical and geographical notes. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 2 sheets. (E 20--W 165/N 80--S 13)
Virginia, Maryland Delaware And The District Of Columbia.
Bachmann, John
Virginia, Maryland Dela...
1861
0043.001
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Bachmann, John
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Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of Virginia, Maryland Delaware And The District Of Columbia. John Bachmann, Publisher, 115 & 117 Nassau St., New York. Entered ... 1861 by John Bachmann ... New York. Drawn from Nature and Lith. by John Bachmann.
List No
0043.001
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1st issue; a 2nd issue shows smoke at Manassas. This view joins with the North and South Carolina view and the Florida and Georgia view to form one continuous panorama of the east coast of the Confederacy. Full color. Bound in black leather covers 38x3
London. 1843.
Society for the Diffusi...
London. 1843.
1843
0890.184
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Full Title
London. 1843. Drawn & engraved from authentic documents & personal observation by B.R. Davies, 16 George Street, Euston Square. London, published Nov. 1, 1843 under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, by Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand (1844)
List No
0890.184
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Engraved map. Hand col. David Rumsey Collection copy of atlas also includes 1836 ed.
Map of the World...Exhibiting...the...Researches of Capn. James Cook.
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Map of the World...Exhi...
1808
0030.000
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Map of the World on a Globular Projection, Exhibiting Particularly the Nautical Researches of Capn. James Cook, F.R.S. with all the Recent Discoveries to the Present Time, carefully drawn by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The Plan Work Engraved by T. Foot. The Writing by Wigzell & Mozeen. This Map Is Respectfully Dedicated To Alexander Dalrymple Esqr. F.R.S. In Testimony of his many New and Valuable Geographical Communications To His most Obedient and very Humble Servant A. Arrowsmith. January 1st 1794. Additions to 1799. Do. to 1808. London, Published as the Act direct Jany. 1st 1794, by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square. I. Puke Sculpt. E. Dayes del. W. Wilson sculp.
List No
0030.000
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Dedicated to Alexander Dalrymple. Portraits of Cook and Dalrymple. 1st edition, 1794. Additions to 1799 and 1808. With outline color by country. Map is dissected into 24 sections, mounted on linen and edged in light blue silk. Folds into a new brown cloth folding case 34x27 with "World On A Globular Projection A. Arrowsmith 1808" stamped in gold on the spine.
Composite: Colonie Unite dell' America Settentrle.
Mitchell, John ; Raynal...
Composite: Colonie Unit...
1778
5007.016
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Author
[Mitchell, John, Raynal, G.T., Zatta, Antonio]
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(Composite Map of) Le Colonie Unite dell' America Settentrle. di Nuova Projezione Ass. Ee. Li Signori Riformatori dello Studio di Padova. Venezia 1778, Presso Antonio Zatta, con Privilegio dell' Eccellentissimo Senato. (Fogl. I-XI and title page.)
List No
5007.016
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Composite of maps Fogl. I-XI and the title page which includes the map of Bermuda.
Congo, Pays des Cafres.
Covens et Mortier; L'Is...
Congo, Pays des Cafres.
1742
4638.091
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Author
[Covens et Mortier, L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726]
Full Title
Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres. Par G. de l'Isle de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes. (1742)
List No
4638.091
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Engraved map in outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Covers Central and Southern Africa from 2 degrees N. southward, including Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius and the Seychelles.
The "Chevalier" ... Map of San Francisco.
Chevalier, August
The "Chevalier" ... Map...
1911
0140.000
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Author
Chevalier, August
Full Title
The "Chevalier" Commercial, Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco From Latest U.S. Gov. and Official Surveys. Designed-Engraved And Copyrighted By Aug. Chevalier, Lithographer Publisher, San Francisco ... copyrighted 1911 ...
List No
0140.000
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1st edition was 1903. A very beautiful map of San Francisco showing contour lines; all important buildings and public improvements are drawn in vignettes on the map. At the bottom of the map is the publisher's statement: "This Map is an Improved and Enlarged Edition of The Commercial Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco Copyrighted Dec. 1903 by August Chevalier. Similar Maps For Other Cities in the U.S. Are Being Made." "The Exposition City 1915"
Globo terrestre 1.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo terrestre 1.
1790
5749.001
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Author
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Full Title
Globo terrestre delineato sulle ultime osservazioni con i viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook, inglese. In Roma, Presso la Calcograf(i)a Cam(era)le, 1790. Gia. Ma. Cassini, C.R.S. inc. (1792)
List No
5749.001
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Relief shown pictorially. First of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Contains title and shows the Americas. The contemporary discoveries in the Pacific Ocean are shown in great detail with the courses of Cook's three voyages delineated. Cf: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division copy (G3201_B71_1790) on 5 sheets. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona.
Bancroft, A.L.; Knight,...
Bancroft's Map Of Calif...
1873
0046.000
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Author
Bancroft, A.L.
Full Title
Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona. Published By A.L. Bancroft & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers, San Francisco, Cal. 1873. Entered ... by A.L. Bancroft & Company ... Washington, D.C.
List No
0046.000
Note
1st edition was 1864. From Bancroft's Map the of Pacific States which appeared in 1863. Wheat says Bancroft changed the large Pacific States map in 1870, but we believe that the smaller maps such as this continue to be from the original 1863 or 1867 plates, updated to show railroad expansion and topographical changes. With black top and bottom rollers. Full color by county.
Asie 1.
Anville, Jean Baptiste ...
Asie 1.
1751
2603.005
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
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Premiere partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Turquie, l'Arabie, la Perse, l'Inde en deca du Gange et de la Tartarie, ce qui est limitrophe de la Perse et de l'Inde. Publiee sous les auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans, Premier Prince du Sang. Par le Sr. d'Anville, MDCCLI. Grave par Guille. De-la-Haye. A Paris, ches l'Auteur aux Galeries du Louvre, avec Privil?
List No
2603.005
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Engraved map on 2 sheets. Country boundaries hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Includes geographic notes and ornamental cartouche by "H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLafosse, sculpsit." David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet. Hand numbered "5" on verso.
Title Page: Travels through the interior parts of North America.
Carver, Jonathan
Title Page: Travels thr...
1781
0131A
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Carver, Jonathan
Full Title
(Title Page to)Travels Through The Interior Parts Of North America, In The Years 1766, 1767, And 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. Captain Of A Company Of Provincial Troops During The Late War With France. Illustrated With Copper Plates, Coloured. The Third Edition. To which is added, Some Account Of The Author, And A Copious Index. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry; H. Payne, in Pall-mall; and J. Phillips, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street. MDCCLXXXI. (with 2 maps).
List No
0131A
Note
3rd and best edition. With two important maps: A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries 1778 (shows the proposed eleven numbered territories west of Pennsylvania) and A Plan of Captain Carver's Travels in the interior Parts of North America in 1766 and 1767.
Composite: World or terraqueous globe.
Dunn, Samuel
Composite: World or ter...
1787
0411.003
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Dunn, Samuel
Full Title
(Composite of) A general map of the world or terraqueous globe; with all the new discoveries and marginal delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the solar, starry and mundane systems. By Saml. Dunn, Mathematician. London: printed for Rt. Sayer, Map, Chart and Printseller, 53 Fleet Street, 1787.
List No
0411.003
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Engraved map on 4 sheets. Continent boundaries in outline color. Shows explorers' tracks. Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps, charts and drawings of the solar system, the northern and southern hemispheres of the celestial globe, "An astronimical latitude & longitude analemma," "A chart of the world according to Mercator's projection with the Rhumb lines," "Selenography or a map of the Moon according to Father Riccioli," "The vicissitude of seasons explained," "The Analemma," two drawings entitled "The art of dialing by a common globe," "A Universal scale," and text. David Rumsey Collection copy has the 4 sheets mounted as 2. Small portion at top cropped off. (W 180--E 180/N 90--S 90)
Otaheite.
Cook, James, 1728-1779;...
Otaheite.
1773
3403.022
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[Cook, James, 1728-1779, Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773]
Full Title
Chart of the island Otaheite, by Lieut. J. Cook, 1769. J. Cheevers sculp. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
List No
3403.022
Note
Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Shows forests, anchorages, etc. Also shows island of Eimeo (Moorea).
City and County Of New - York.
Colton, J. H.
City and County Of New ...
1836
2784.000
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Colton, J. H.
Full Title
Topographical Map Of The City and County Of New - York, and the adjacent Country: With Views in the border of the principal Buildings and interesting Scenery of the Island. Published By J.H. Colton & Co. No. 4 Spruce St. New-York. 1836. Engraved & Printed by S. Stiles & Company, New-York. Entered ... 1836, by J.H. Colton & Co. ... New York.
List No
2784.000
Note
1st ed., 2nd state. Stokes: "This is one of the most beautiful nineteenth century plans or maps of Manhattan Island, and is full of interesting information, It is perhaps the last example of really artistic map-making, as applied to Manhattan Island." Ristow believes that Burr may have drawn this map based on similarities between it and the Burr New York City map that appeared in Burr's New York State Atlas of 1829. Accompanied by the "Summary History.." Stokes describes his copy of the 1st edition as not listing Madison Square and some other differences between the 1836 and 1841 editions which would lead one to conclude that this copy is slightly later than 1836 (it shows Madison Square which was established in 1837) - apparently an unrecorded 2nd state of the first edition. Without color or top and bottom rollers.
Composite: Australia 1:2,500,000.
Bartholomew, J. G. (Joh...
Composite: Australia 1:...
1922
2113.130
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Author
[Bartholomew, J. G. (John George), 1860-1920, John Bartholomew & Co.]
Full Title
(Composite of) Section maps of Australia on scale of 1:2,500,000. The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, John Bartholomew & Co. "The Times" atlas. (London: The Times, 1922)
List No
2113.130
Note
Composite of 4 col. maps. Relief shown by hypsometric tints and spot heights; depths by bathymetric tints. Shows shipping routes with distances, etc. Includes insets. Contents: Pl. 107. Victoria & Tasmania -- Pl. 108. New South Wales -- Pl. 109. Eastern Queensland -- Pl. 110. South Australia. Title from verso of maps.
(The constellations in) April - September.
Burritt, Elijah H.
(The constellations in)...
1835
2853.003
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Author
Burritt, Elijah H.
Full Title
(The constellations in) September, August, July (Pl. V), June, May, April (Pl. IV). Engraved by W.G. Evans N. York, under the Direction of E.H. Burritt. Hartford, Published by F.J. Huntington 1835. Entered according to act of Congress Septr. 1st 1835, by F.J. Huntington, of the State of Connecticut.
List No
2853.003
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The pages are numbered in such a way that Plate V precedes Plate IV. The constellations are in full color. The stars are different sized depending upon their magnitude. In full color.
Snug Corner Cove.
Cook, James, 1728-1779;...
Snug Corner Cove.
1785
3405.058
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Author
[Cook, James, 1728-1779, Webber, John, 1751-1793]
Full Title
A view of Snug Corner Cove, in Prince William's Sound. J. Webber del. W. Ellis sculpt. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
List No
3405.058
Note
Engraved illustration. Shows Indian boats and British ships with peaks in background.
A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining.
Mitchell, Samuel August...
A New Map of Texas Oreg...
1846
0534.001
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities. Philadelphia Published by S. Augustus Mitchell N.E. Corner Of Market & Seventh Streets. 1846. Entered ... 1845 by H.N. Burroughs ... Pennsylvania.
List No
0534.001
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With 46 page "Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map Of Texas, Oregon, and California With The Regions Adjoining;" the full color map is folded into stamped black leather covers 13.5x8 with "Texas, Oregon And California" in gilt. This was one of Mitchell's most popular and important pocket maps. Later editions were published in 1849, 1851, and 1852, as pocket maps and as insets to the large Reference and Distance Map of the United States. It was also issued separately as a wall map. This issue has Texas colored green; some copies have Texas colored brown (has the green changed over time?). The text has a catalogue for Mitchell's publications. Mitchell first issued this map as an inset to his Reference and Distance Map of the United States in the 1846 edition (see our copy).
Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs.
United States Coast Sur...
Map of New-York Bay And...
1844
2491.000
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United States Coast Survey
Full Title
Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs. Founded upon a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt Assistants. The Hydrology ... Thomas R. Gedney ... Topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins ... Published in 1844. Presented to The University of Vermont ... A.D. Bache Superintendent, Coast Survey.
List No
2491.000
Note
6 sheets; first engraved chart issued by the U.S. Coast Survey. Without color. Hassler's "Magnum Opus" was not completed until a year after his death. This huge chart is the first major production of the survey, begun by Hassler in response to critic's charges that he was not producing usable charts for navigators, and finished by Bache. A smaller single sheet version was issued in 1845.
United States. (with) Eastern States.
Smiley, Thomas T.
United States. (with) E...
1842
0902.004
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Smiley, Thomas T.
Full Title
United States. (with) Eastern States.
List No
0902.004
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In full color by state or territory. Two inset vignettes: the signing of the Declaration of Independence and depictions of "commerce, manufacture and agriculture."
Composite: Moscovie.
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1...
Composite: Moscovie.
1706
4764.015
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L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Full Title
(Composite of) Carte de Moscovie. Dressee par Guillaume De l'Isle de l'Academie royale des Sciences a Son Excellence Monseigneur Andre Artemonides de Matueof Ministre d'Etat de sa Majeste Csarienne l'Empereur des Russes, son Lieutenant gnal. en la Principaute de Jaroslavie ... Par son tres humble et tres obeisst. Serviteur De l'Isle. A Paris, chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horologe, avec Privilege, 1706. Grave par Liebaux le fils.
List No
4764.015
Note
Engraved map in outline color. Relief shown pictorially. Ornamental title cartouche "N.G. s(culp.)"
Composite: British Empire in America.
Popple, Henry
Composite: British Empi...
1733
2874.002
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Popple, Henry
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(Composite Map of) A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. C. Lempriere inv. & del. B Baron Sculp. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple. London Engrav'd by Willm. Henry Toms & R.W. Seale, 1733.
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2874.002
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A composite of all twenty sheets of the Popple Atlas. Sheets without color.
Entrance to San Francisco Bay California.
United States Coast Sur...
Entrance to San Francis...
1859
1032.000
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United States Coast Survey
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Entrance to San Francisco Bay California. From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by R.D. Cutts Asst. & A.F. Rodgers Sub-Assts. Hydrography by the Party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden U.S.N. Asst. 1859. U.S. Coast Survey Office. Verified W.R. Palmer ... No. 36. Redd. Drng. by W.M.C. Fairfax, J. Lambert, & J.J. Ricketts. Engd. by J. Knight, A. Blondeau & G.B. Metzeroth. Electrotype Copy No. 2 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S. (inset map) Sub-Sketch Of Entrance To San Francisco Bay. 1859.).
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1032.000
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Light paper chart-full margins, shows plate marks. Map is without color.
Sandwich I. man masked.
Cook, James, 1728-1779;...
Sandwich I. man masked.
1785
3405.076
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[Cook, James, 1728-1779, Webber, John, 1751-1793]
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A man of the Sandwich Islands, in a mask. J. Webber del. T. Cook sculpt. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785)
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3405.076
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Engraved illustration.
South America
Arrowsmith, Aaron
South America
1814
2099.000
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Outlines Of The Physical And Political Divisions Of South America: Delineated By A. Arrowsmith Partly From Scarce And Original Documents, Published Before The Year 1806 But Principally From Manuscript Maps & Surveys Made Between The Years 1771 And 1806, Corrected From Accurate Astronomical Observations To 1810. London, Published 4th January 1811 by A. Arrowsmith No. 10 Soho Square, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Additions to 1814. Engraved by Edwd. Jones ... (inset map of the southern tip of South America).
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2099.000
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Removed from Arrowsmith's Atlas to accompany Thompson's Alcedo. Comparing to the 1811 77(a) first issue, there are changes in the coast line between Buenos Aires and Rio, and on the northeast coast, Maranham. This map is enormous, on six large sheets, measuring over eight feet tall when joined together. Outline color by country. Without top and bottom rollers.
Title Page: New American atlas.
Tanner, Henry S.
Title Page: New America...
1825
2755C
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Tanner, Henry S.
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(Title Page to) A New American Atlas Containing Maps Of The Several States of the North American Union, Projected and drawn on a Uniform Scale from Documents found in the public Offices of the United States and State Governments, and other Original and Authentic Information, By Henry S. Tanner ... Philadelphia: Published By H.S. Tanner. 1825. (title page only) Writing Drawn and Engraved by Joseph Perkins. Barralet del. Humphrys sc.
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2755C
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2nd edition, maps and title page dated 1825, except S.A. 1823. Like P3669, except S.A. dated 1823 and N.A. dated 1825. Fine copy with extra large sheets bound in full tree calf edged in gilt - the most beautiful and elegant binding we have seen of an American Atlas, stamped "Davis, Binder - Philada." The spine is titled "American Atlas" on a red leather label in gilt. Memoir dated 1825, with slight changes from the 1823 memoir. The index sheet is numbered 1-22 in two columns, vs in one column in the 1823 edition and in two columns numbered 1-17 in the 1833 editions. The maps of the World and America have Arctic discoveries not shown in earlier editions, as does the N.A. map which also shows the Russian Alaska boundary of 1824. The state maps have various updates from the earlier issues (mostly adding counties) although three (Maine etc., Penn., N. & S. Carolina) have 1825 dates with no obvious changes from the earlier issues. See our table comparing all five editions map by map. According to Wolter (Mountains & Rivers article) the 1825 S.A. map has a more elaborate mountains and rivers diagram than any earlier issues. This issue of the atlas can be truly called an edition - all the maps have 1825 dates and the geography is current; the 1823 parts issue is also an edition. Later editions were compilations - some maps were updated, others were not or were taken from out of date issues. Full color.
Map of the United States.
Mitchell, Samuel August...
Map of the United State...
1831
2723.001
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[Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, Young, James H.]
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Map Of The United States By J.H. Young. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. Entered ... Pennsylvania, October 10th, 1831 by S. Augustus Mitchell. Engraved by J.H. Young, D. Haines & F. Dankworth. (inset) A Map Of North America Including All The Recent Geographical Discoveries. (with 10 additional inset maps).
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2723.001
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1st edition, 1st wall map issued by Mitchell. This edition does not have the counties delineated and numbered. Ristow mistakenly says all editions have the townships (he means counties) numbered, but this one, the first, does not, thereby eliminating the index of counties and thus showing more of the western territory. This map predates the Traveler's Guide by 1 year, and thus is Mitchell's first "original" production, as opposed to the Finley material he reissued as the American Atlas and Pocket Maps. The case for the map has a leather label saying "Traveler's Map of the United States." Copyright date is October 10, 1831. There is no other date on the map. Ristow thinks the map was issued in early 1832, but it is not in Phillips until 1834 edition (which probably has the counties indicated by number and the 1831 copyright), so Ristow may not have seen this edition, but rather the 1834. The map is hand painted in bright full color by state (insets by county), dissected in 24 sections with green paper end sheets, mounted on linen and edged in pink silk. The covers 24x20 are half red leather marbled paper covered boards with ties and a leather label embossed with "Traveller's Map Of The United States" in gilt.
Globo terrestre 4.
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Globo terrestre 4.
1790
5749.004
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Cassini, Giovanni Maria
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(Globo terrestre delineato sulle ultime osservazioni con i viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook, inglese. In Roma, Presso la Calcograf(i)a Cam(era)le, 1790. Gia. Ma. Cassini, Somco. inc.) (1792)
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5749.004
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Relief shown pictorially. Fourth of 4 sheets of gores to make up a globe. Shows Europe, Africa and part of Asia. The contemporary discoveries in the Pacific Ocean are shown in great detail with the courses of Cook's three voyages delineated. Cf: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division copy (G3201_B71_1790) on 5 sheets. Appeared in the author's Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineate suelle ultime osservazioni, Roma : Presso la Calcografia Camerale, 1792-1801.
Map of the British and French Dominions in North America.
Mitchell, John
Map of the British and ...
1757
2842.000
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Mitchell, John
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A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits and Extent of the Settlements.
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2842.000
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This is the second edition of this important map, dated 1755 but published in 1757, according to the British Museum. The only change from the first issue is the addition of several panels of interesting text in ocean. The original eight printed sheets of the map are here assembled in two large panels (each with four sheets) each dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen. Uncolored, as issued. In the sixth line of the first column of the text this issue is referred to as the Second Edition One of the most important maps in American history, it went through five editions (see Stevens). We believe this second edition is scarcer than the other editions as it appears less often on the market. Compare to the first French edition of 1856 (our copy) regarding the conflicting claims of the British and French to American territory.
Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu. in quo tum Imperii Romani tu.
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1...
Theatrum historicum ad ...
1705
4764.070
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L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
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(Composite of) Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu. in quo tum Imperii Romani tu. Barbarorum circumincolentiu. status ob oculos ponitur. Auctore Guillelmo Delisle e Regia Scientiarum Academia. Parisiis, apud Autorem in Ripa vulgo dicta le Quai de l'Horloge cum Privilegio Regis ad Vicennum, 1705. Des Rosiers sc.
List No
4764.070
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Engraved map in outline color in 2 sheets (pars occidentalis, pars orientalis). Shows forested areas, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Covers Europe and most of North Africa. Includes inset map of the western hemisphere: Supplementum theatro historico. A column of text affixed to both sides of maps.
America Septentrionalis A Map of the British Empire in America.
Popple, Henry
America Septentrionalis...
1733
2874.001
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Popple, Henry
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America Septentrionalis. A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple. W.H. Toms Sculp.
List No
2874.001
Note
Index map in full color with numeric notations indicating location of the accompanying maps. With eighteen inset maps and four views (Fall of Niagara, Mexico [City], Quebec and New York). Note by Edmund Halley at the bottom verifies the accuracy of the map.
Composite: India.
Johnston, Alexander Kei...
Composite: India.
1861
0373.038
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Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
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(Composite of) India ... by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. (with) South-eastern provinces of India, Hindu-Chinese countries or Further India. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)
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0373.038
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Engraved map. Boundaries hand col.; hydrography printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Covers also Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of Pakistan, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra. Inset map at "one half that of the general map." "Keith Johnston's general atlas" 32-33.
A Map of the British Empire in America. (Sheet 17).
Popple, Henry
A Map of the British Em...
1733
2874.019
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Popple, Henry
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A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. (Sheet 17).
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2874.019
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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.
Loring's Terrestrial Globe.
Loring, Josiah
Loring's Terrestrial Gl...
1833
2899.000
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Loring, Josiah
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Loring's Terrestrial Globe containing all the Late Discoveries and Geographical Improvements, also the Tracks of the most celebrated Circumnavigators. Compiled from Smith's new English Globe, with additions and improvements by Annin & Smith. Boston: Josiah Loring, 136 Washington St. 1833.
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2899.000
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1st terrestrial globe by Loring. Loring's first globe was the 12" celestial of 1832. Loring's address is 136 Washington Street, Boston. Accompanied by the 12" celestial globe of 1833. Both the terrestrial and celestial were copied (with credit given) from C. Smith's English globes. Annin & Smith of Boston did the engraving. Loring was succeeded in business by Gilman Joslin who continued to produce globes under Loring's name until the 1850's (Warner). These two globes were commended by the Judges at the 1833 fair of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (Warner). Four legged table model with horizon ring. Total height from bottom of base to top of the meridian is 17.5 inches.
Illus. Title Page: Solar system, Charte vom Globo)
Homann, Johann Baptist,...
Illus. Title Page: Sola...
1719
4385.001
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Author
[Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724, Hubner, Johann, 1688-1731]
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Atlas methodicus explorandis juvenum profectibus in studio geographico ad methodum Hubnerianam accommodatus, a Joh. Bapt. Homanno, Norimbergae. Systema Ptolomaicum, Systema Copernicanum, Systema Tychonicum, Systema Cartesianum. (Charte vom Globo. 1719)
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4385.001
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Engraved ornamental title page, 4 diagrams of the Solar System (map 2) and world map (map 3). The double-hemisphere world map shows California as an island and has circular polar insets. All hand col.
(Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Machina Electrica, Fornax Chemica)
Jamieson, Alexander
(Cetus, Officina Sculpt...
1822
3911.024
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Jamieson, Alexander
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(Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Machina Electrica, Fornax Chemica). Published, Feby. 1st, 1822, by G. and W.B. Whittaker, T. Cadell and N. Hailes. Drawn by A. Jamieson for 1820. Neele & Son, sc., 352 Strand.
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3911.024
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Engraved celestial chart, hand colored. Shows magnitude of stars, etc.
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