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Mappe-monde ou description generale du globe terrestre et aquatique : selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc
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L'Amerique : selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc
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Kashnor notes, "The western coast terminates with California, which appears as an island. There are many interesting notes, and a curious engraving depicting a cannibal feast, the body of the victim being roasted piecemeal on a sort of gridiron. Like all Aa's maps, this is a brilliant example of cartographical engraving." Kashnor dates as [1714]. McLaughlin dates as 1713 and gives publication information. RLIN dates as 1714. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 184; Phillips 3485; Wheat 95; Tooley 71 (Plate 54); Leighly 124 and 140; Koeman I, Aa 6(42), Aa 9(v.63). Verso Text: MS note: 197.
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Planisphere terrestre : suivant les nouvelles observations des Astronomes ; dressé et presenté au Roy tres Chretien / par Mr. Cassini le Fils, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
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Kashnor notes, "A very curious chart, purporting to represent the entire world, with the North Pole in the center. California appears as an island with 'Terres Inconnues, ou terre de Jesso,' lying across the North Pacific between America and China. South America also appears in a strangely truncated form, with Tierra del Fuego as a lengthy and very narrow island." Kashnor dates as [1714]. Several places in France and around the world are marked with *, noting places whose longitude has been measured using the satellites of Jupiter. Main title in upper left hand corner, alternate title in upper right hand corner. Elaborate allegorical figures surround the map. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 291.
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Mappe-Monde=Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux Plans-Hemispheres, ou sont exactement en General Toutes les Parties de la Terre et de l'Eau, suivant les relations les plus Nouvelles. Par le Sr. Sanson Geographe ordinaire du Roy
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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and inserts 'Terre de Jesso ou Je co' between 40 deg. and 50 deg." This map was originally drawn from Sanson's model in 1674. Since this copy is undated, Shirley suggest it is State 3 of Plate IV, done after 1696. Cordier sc. missing this state. Elaborate cartouche of putti on dolphins, mermen below.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Shirley 462; BL 150.e13; Wagner 409a.. Verso Text: MS note: 246.
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Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre
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Kashnor notes, "The old plate of Palariet worked up by Vaugondy, with the discoveries of Cook on the North-West, and the fabrications of Del Fonte. It is a curious map, though of some geographical interest in showing how geographers in France still believed in Del Fonte in face of the facts to the contrary shown in Cook's discoveries." Alaska is an island per Von Staehlen model, Australia better defined, Antipodes of European cities from earlier Palariet map, see 105:038M. Cartouches with figures between hemispheres, upper and lower.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Lettering, shield?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: 13. Mappemonde. MS note: 39..
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Mappe Monde ou Carte Generale de l'Univers d'Après une projection nouvelle d'une Sphere ovale, pour mieux faire connaitre les distances entre L'Europe et l'Amérique avec les Tours de Monde du Cap. Cook et toutes les Découvertes Nouvelles
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the track of Cook and Clerke to the North-West Coast of Alaska, Australia and the South Seas." Kashnor dates as ca. 1781. Both Matthieu Albert and George Frederic Lotter listed as authors on map. Shows American arctic coast as vague line "according to the Japanese." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Oval. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. notes: 1/113, 37, #93, No. 2..
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Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum industria excultae repraesentatae / a Joh. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geog. Norimbergae Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest
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Kashnor notes: "A curious map in which is included East and West Jersey." Kashnor dates as ca. 1750. Cumming notes that the map was first published in 1714 in Homann's Novus atlas. Cartouche: Traders and Indians. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: German miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned device over AV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Cummins 156. Verso Text: MS note: 444.
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