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United States & The Relative Position of The Oregon & Texas by James Wyld, Charing Cross East



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    The United States & the relative position of the Oregon & Texas / by James Wyld

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    Alternate title from cover. Map showing various treaty lines and suggested borders. Vignette: List of treaties and proposed treaties. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Map of America. London. Published by James Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty. Charing Cross East. 1838

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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. Ther northern coast includes the dicsoceries of Franklin and Richardson, Dease and Simpson." Texas is shown extending north of Santa Fe. See 093:557 and 093:556 for later versions of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 692 47.

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    Partie de Etats Unis

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    Kashnor notes: "Shows the Oregon coast from latitude 42 to 48, and gives the territory east of Walla Walla, locating Astoria and Fort Clatsop or Fort George, and the various Indian tribes with their numbers. Along the coast are shown the tracks of Cook and Vancouver." Rosenthal identifies author as Vandermaelen. Manasek notes Brussels as publication location. Text lists Indain tribes and their numbers.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Text block. Verso Text: MS note: No.564.

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    Map of Flavel, Clatsop Co. Oregon

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    A real estate sales map for an area close to Astoria, Oregon, now probably names Fort Stevens. Sub map shows the mouth of the Columbia River. See also 150223 for another copy bearing information on the verso about Flavel. Sub map: Key Map of mouth of the Columbia River. Key Map note: Hydrography from a Survey made by the Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., in May-June, 1895. "Property of the Flavel Land & Development Co. S. H. Brown Jr, President, Boston, Mass., J. M. Turney, Secretary, Flavel, Oregon." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: No. 62 150197 F1/1.

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    The Oregon Trail : The Highway of the Pioneers to the Pacific Northwest

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    "From Westport, now Kansas City to Oregon City by way of Fort Kearney, Laramie, Bridger, Hall and Boise, also the Sublette and Lander Cutoffs and the Boseman and Appplegate Trails and the Overland Trail to the Sacramento Valley and the California Gold Mines." A colorful pictorial map of the West. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    A New Map of North America, agreeable to the latest Discoveries

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    Kashnor notes, "Shows New Albion, all the territory northward of the Missouri and Oregon as part of British Territory." This map appears to be a later edition of 105:266 by Wilkinson. It now shows Vancouver Island as Quadra and Vancouver's Island. New mountains appear in the west and the map extends further south. Kashnor dates as c. 1796. MS note: 267 (on Backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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