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Map of a portion of Fresno County California : Showing some of its principal Irrigating Canals, Colonies, Vineyards and Orchards
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A map showing colonies and land for sale around Fresno, Cal. Submap: Map of Summer and Winter Resorts and other places upon or near The Central & Southern Pacific Railroads in California. MS note: 293247. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Descriptive text regarding Fresno County and the virtues of two tracts for sale.
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A New and Accurate Map of North America
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A Map of Exploration in the Spanish Southwest 1528-1793
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To the Right Honourable George, Earl of Halifax, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretary's pf State, &c. &c. This Map of the Island of Jamaica. laid down from the Papers, and under the direction of Henry Moore, Esqr. His Majesty's Lieutenant Giovernor, and Commander in Chief of that Island in the Years 1756, 57, 58, 59, 69 & 61; from a great Number of Actual Surveys performed by the Publishers is humbnly Inscribed by His Lordships Most Obedient & Most Humble Servants, Thos. Craskell, Engineer, Jas. Simpson, Surveyor
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To the Right Honorouble Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spenser of Wormleighton, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; &ca. This Map of South America, According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations is most humbly Dedicated by Your Lordship's most humble servant, Herman Moll Geographer
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