Osher Atlas Collection

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American Atlas
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Date Produced: 1753 - 1775
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Dimensions: 53 cm. x 116 cm.
Physical Description: Thomas Jefferys died in 1771. His successors Robert Sayer and John Bennett gathered a compilation of separately-published maps and republished them in book form as the American Atlas in 1775. Among the maps are a map of Russian discoveries, map of the British empire in North America, Jefferys's Bay of Honduras, a chart of the Straits of Magellan by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla and charts of North and South America.
LC Call Number: G1100 .J4 1775
OCLC: 927113830
Accession Number: OS-1775-24
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American Atlas

Carte de la France
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Date Produced: 1789
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Dimensions: 65 cm. x 53 cm.
Physical Description: Three volume set of the Carte de la France includes in volume one the 1744 outline map by Jean Dominique Maraldi and Cassini de Thury. The Carte was completed in 1789. It was the first general topographic map of the whole country based on triangulation and topographic surveys. Cesar -Francois Cassini I began the project but he died in 1784. It fell to his son Jean Dominique Cassini IV to complete the survey/triangulation until ownership and control was assumed by the revolutionary government in 1793.
LC Call Number: G5831 .B3 1789 .M3
OCLC: 930610800
Accession Number: OS-1789-2.1
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Carte de la France

Atlas Accompanying Greenleaf's Map and Statistical Survey of Maine
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Date Produced: 1829
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Dimensions: 34 cm
Physical Description: 1 atlas: 7 folded maps, illustrated
LC Call Number: G1215 .B5 1829
OCLC: 52568261
Accession Number: OS-1829-3
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Atlas Accompanying Greenleaf's Map and Statistical Survey of Maine

A New and Improved School Atlas to accompany The Practical System of Modern Geography
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Dimensions: H 29 x W 24.5 cm  
Physical Description: 1 atlas (18 unnumbered leaves): illustrations, hand colored maps
LC Call Number: G1019 .O46 1837
OCLC: 40247592
Accession Number: OS-1837-1
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A New and Improved School Atlas to accompany The Practical System of Modern Geography

Mitchell's New General Atlas : containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of the cities, etc. : embraced in forty-seven quarto maps, forming a series of seventy-six maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables
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Date Produced: 1860
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Dimensions: Height: 41
Physical Description: 1 atlas: [75, 26 pages], colored maps
LC Call Number: G1019 .M5 1860
OCLC: 55520570
Accession Number: OS-1860-3
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Mitchell's New General Atlas : containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of the cities, etc. : embraced in forty-seven quarto maps, forming a series of seventy-six maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables

Colby's Atlas of the State of Maine : including statistics and description of its history, educational system, geology, railroads, natural resources, summer resorts and manufacturing interests compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys and published by Colby & Stuart
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Date Produced: 1887
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Dimensions: Cover: H 44 x W 36 cm Foldout map: H 85 x W 65 cm
Physical Description: 1 atlas: (94, [9] pages), illustrations, colored maps (1 folded)
LC Call Number: G1215 1887 .C6
OCLC: 55519729
Accession Number: OS-1887-2
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Colby's Atlas of the State of Maine : including statistics and description of its history, educational system, geology, railroads, natural resources, summer resorts and manufacturing interests compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys and published by Colby & Stuart

Atlas of the War Maps, Plans, Diagrams and Pictures illustrating the Great European War
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Date Produced: 1914
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Dimensions: H 25 cm
Physical Description: 1 atlas: 88 pages, including frontispiece, illustrations (including maps, plans), diagrams
LC Call Number: D522.3 .N4
OCLC: 20930067
Accession Number: OS-1914-14
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Atlas of the War Maps, Plans, Diagrams and Pictures illustrating the Great European War

United States at War American War Atlas
Date Produced: 1917
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Dimensions: Height: 38
Physical Description: 1 atlas: ([15] pages), colored maps
LC Call Number: G1037.C55.1917
OCLC: 54831306
Accession Number: OS-1917-11
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United States at War American War Atlas

The People's Atlas With 1920 Census Lewiston Evening Saturday Journal
Date Produced: 1921
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Dimensions: 53 cm
Physical Description: 1 atlas: 15 pages, illustrations, colored maps
LC Call Number: G1019 .H36 1921
OCLC: 54831330
Accession Number: OS-1921-12
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The People's Atlas With 1920 Census Lewiston Evening Saturday Journal