Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-02-12
GREAT COLLECTION OF MAPS
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What b not only tie hFEsse -
also the most r0marAahl0 eo1e0G3oa
Of maps In the world = owned by IL
United States gov0rnmsat aAA eaEOA
for In the congressional library. To
the wing set apart for their peosSFvN
ton come the most eminent Of geo-
graphsrs, and hero Commander Poaxy.
discoverer Of the north pole. has done
some Of his scientific research.
All told, there ara about zoo, 900
maps In the collection. One room has
huge aliases piled tier upon tjsr from
the floor to the roof; old-fAshiooed
ones dating from tho beginning Of
atlas making to the upto-date crea-
lions OF the binders art An expert
Ii kept continually at work mounting
maps. for many that are purchased
are In . dilApidated condition and
must be mounted or backed" on linen
OF the newest and strongest texture
The market from which they are
procured v the world. From
Greenland to India, from China to
Patagonia. maps are gathered, and
the d they IN the more they are
valued. One map Of China In printed
with the odd designs Of rivers, noun,
tains, trees and men In q tumble OF
which the American mind can make
nothing, but possibly to n Celestial
1t is perfectly clear.
Among the most interesting and
most precious are early maps, some
OF them dated prior to the discovery
OF America One OF these In o hand-col
r anair made In 1482, Just ten
years before Columbus discovered the
new world. A map made by Cosa, q
companion OF Columbus, and dated
1000, shows an odd-looking continent
meant to represent America. There
are rude drawings scattered about on
his queer picture, most Of them At
tempts to show dwellings and people
OF strange aspect In 1903 Q map Of
the new world was engraved for the
first time and it's grotesque outlines
seem pitifully childish under the Riass
Of the handsome case in which Il re-
poses. By it's side IL perhaps the
Queerest Of all maps, q powderhorn.
on which q map a etched In brown.
while not far OF Is q map made by
one OF the famous pirates of that day:
a Capt Bart, who probably used 1t In
his buccaneering expeditions after
Spanish gold.
A map dated 1897 shows America a.
consisting Of Florida mostly, while
Virginia occupies the rest of the con-
ttnent almost exclusively. One of Eng
land In the time Of Queen Elizabeth
and made by Saxton is shown In q
fne state OF preservation.
or revolutionary maps there ara
several dozen. representing different
states or the location or troops n o
particular time. To this period be-
longs a most interesting relic of Wash.
tngton, which is a survey Of one Of hia
own farms, every field being accurate
ly drawn to scale and the number Of
acres II contained written clearly ct
the top.
The freak maps attract the most at
tention from the visitor. They are
ranged In q case containing about ten
queer specimens OF the mapsmakinR
art. and all are modern. Perhaps the
most ludlcrous Of these 10 q drawing
representing "All the World Watch.
Ing" showing the outlines Of all the
nations fashioned into faces, but the
characteristic Of each country shows
In Its countenance, and the correct
geographical lines are given. Brazil.
the United States, England. Spain,
Portugal. Norway and Sweden are 10
drawn that their ocean line forms q
human face, with tho eyes #atsainy
sharply.