Carte reduite des costes du Golfe du Mexique et des isles de l'Amerique, ou sont marquées la route des gallions, et celle de la flotte / dressée en 1726 par Philippe Buache, Hydrographe du Dépost des Cartes de la Marine sur les observations astronomiques faites à St. Domingue &c. conciliées ave

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Carte reduite des costes du Golfe du Mexique et des isles de l'Amerique, ou sont marquées la route des gallions, et celle de la flotte / dressée en 1726 par Philippe Buache, Hydrographe du Dépost des Cartes de la Marine sur les observations astronomiques faites à St. Domingue &c. conciliées avec ce qu'il y a de plus exact sur ces côtes ; et augmentée sur observations particulieres rapportées dans les Memres. du Dépot ; executée en 1729 de l'ordre de M. le Chever. de la Blandiniere. 1729.

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Nautical chart of the Caribbean area, the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern American coast from South Carolina to the Oronoco River delta; principal sailing routes to Cartagena, Havana, and Vera Cruz outlined and labelled in red. Colored to show French, Spanish, English, and Dutch colonial possessions.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 586 x 913 mm., folded to 226 x 144 mm.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773

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