New England & New York
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae.
A map that is as historically important as it is attractive: it was the culmination of all the surveys conducted by the Dutch colonists of New Netherlands during their first three decades in America. It is also the first printed map to delineate the shape of Manhattan with relative accuracy;.....
1. A View of Boston from Dorchester Neck. 2. Long Island . . . 3. Boston from Willis Creek. 4. A Front View of the Lines taken from the advanced Post near Browns House. 5. A View of the Harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill. 6. A View of the Country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced works on Boston Neck.
The complete set of six views (on two sheets), all relating to Boston; very rarely seen complete. These fine engravings of various vistas of Boston are important records of the area prior to as well as just after the beginning of the Revolution. Three of views show Boston itself, from.....
New York State/ Land Speculation. ELLICOTT, J. & B. [Philadelphia: 1801/ 1804] Map of Morris's Purchase or West Geneseo in the State of New York: Exhibiting Part of the Lakes Erie and Ontario, the Straights of Niagara, Chautauque Lake and All the Principal Waters ... Purchased by the Holland Land.....
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Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae.
This is the most lavishly decorative of all the early editions of the best 17th century, Dutch map of the Northeast and New York. It added illustrations of animals and other detail not found on previous issues. The map was the culmination of all the surveys of the area conducted.....
Forts Montgomery & Clinton/ Hudson River/ Revolutionary War. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, c. 1778-1781] Three Untitled Aquatints with Etching on a Single Sheet Showing the above forts from three different perspectives. Image area: 26 x 18 ½ inches. Light staining along vertical fold, else excellent condition. Extremely.....
A Sketch of the Operations of His Majesty’s Fleet and Army under the Command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe K. B. in 1776.
"One of the greatest of the Atlantic Neptune charts, with the best topographical information on the lower Hudson River valley, western Long Island, and Staten Island” (Nebenzahl, Bibliography). A rare and highly evocative map that provides a cartographic overview of both the ground and naval actions of the Revolutionary War.....
Five New York Harbor Views.
New York City/ American Revolution/ Navigation. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, Octr. 4, 1777] Five Profile Views from Various Points in New York Harbor, Including One Showing the City Itself. 28 x 18 ¼ inches. Aquatints with delicate, original wash color; fine condition. .....
Untitled Nautical Chart of Eastern Long Island, Block Island & Parts of the Connecticut Coast & Narragansett Bay.
A rare and most unusual chart that provided the best mapping of eastern Long Island, including Shelter Island, and Block Island to date. That the chart was only partially finished affords us a rare look at what an 18th-century map in mid process would look like. In relatively complete form.....
Map of Portland Harbor, Maine.
Early, detailed plan of Portland Harbor, produced to accompany a report to the 23rd Congress with regard to a proposed breakwater for the harbor. The survey was executed by Lt. Col. John Anderson at the instruction of the Secretary of War Lewis Cass; the chart itself was drawn by Lt.....
Northeast/ Canada/ Transportation History. SMITH, J. Calvin [New York: 1855/ 1858] Smith’s Rail Road, Steam Boat & Stage Route Map Of New England, New-York And Canada. By J. Calvin Smith. Published by J. Calvin Smith71 Nassau St. N.Y. MDCCCLVIII. 22 X 26 ¾ inches. Folding map, here flattened & mounted.....
Nantucket/ Baseball History. STONER, J. J./ BECK & PAULI [Madison, WI, 1881] Bird’s Eye View of the Town of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts. Looking Southwest.1881. 19 ¼ x 27 3/8 inches. Two-stone lithograph. Mounted on acid-free paper, invisible mends in margin and of one split entering the printed.....