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Porto Bello
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Perspective view of the Harbour, Castles, & Town of Porto Bello:
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Kashnor notes, "This view is very rare, and impressions with the printed description beneath are exceedingly rare." View with extensive text below.. "with the disposition of the Ships under Command of Vice Admiral Vernon, when he took the same on the 22nd of November 1739 with six Men of War only: showing the manner of cannonading of the Iron Castle Scaling the Walls & other incidents during that glorious action." "An Account of Admiral Vernon's taking Porto Bello, as published by Authority." Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Art Work. Verso Text: MS note: 901.
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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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Port Royal in Jamaica. Engraved for Luffman's Select Plans of the principal Cities, Ports, Harbours & Forts in the World
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Text: Port Royal Harbour is as secure as any in the World, 1000 ships may ride therin in safety in the worst weather. The Town was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692, by fire in 1702 & by an inundation in 1722. Latt. 17.41N Long. 76.34W from London. MS note: 465 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: L47.
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A plan of the city & fortifications of Louisburg : from a survey made by Richard Gridley, Lieut. Col. of the Train of Artillery in 1745.; A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg : with the French batteries that defend it, and those of the English, shewing that part of Gabarus Bay, in which they landed & the ground on which they encamped during the Siege in 1745
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Kashnor notes, "Three maps on one plate." Small map of Gabarus Bay has note, "This bay is so extensive that the whole British Navy may ride in it with safety." Submaps; Plan of Louisburg Harbour; Plan of Gabarus Bay. "This important fortress was taken on June 17th, 1745 after a siege of 49 days by Nine Regiments that were Raised & Equipped in 50 days in New England and Commanded by Sr. Willm. Pepperill, Assisted by a Fleet under the Command of Commodore Warren, with the loss of 101 men Killed & 30 that died by sickness, This place was afterwards restored to the French by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle." MS note: 605 (on backing). Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Device in oval. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Kershaw 912.
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Map of New France Containing Canada, Louisiana &c. in Nth. America. According to the Patent granted by the King of France to Monsieur Crozat, dated the 14th of Sep. 1712, N. S. and registered in the Parliament of Paris the 24th of the same month. By. H. Moll, Geographer
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Kashnor notes, "A very rare map, and a memorial to the beginning of the colonization of Louisiana. The grant to Antoine Crozat comprised all the lands discovered by La Salle in 1683, reaching from the mouth of the Mississippi to Illinois country, forming a great belt of the continent surrounding the English colonies from south to north. To Crozat is due the credit of having been the first to colonize the Mississippi valley. He put his whole life into the scheme, and as sole owner of the trade of the colony, he became the absolute ruler of a territory half as great as Europe. Duuring the time that he held the grant many explorations were carried through, including that be St. Denys, who made his famous journey to the Rio Grande, which resulted in the occupation of Texas by the Spaniards. In 1717 Crozat was compelled to resign his grant, and the great Mississippi scheme of John Law immediately the privileges with exclusive rights to the year 1742." Kashnor dates [1712], McCorkle dates 1717, gives appeared in information. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McCorkle 717.1.
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