St. Lawrence River. VAN KEULEN, Gerard [Amsterdam: 1717] Nouvelle Carte de la Riviere de Canada ou St. Laurens… [Imprint:] Imprime et donne au Lumiere pare Gerard Van Keulen…A. Amsterdam. 20 ½ x 23 ¾ inches. Trimmed close at lower right with very slight loss, two corners extended & side margins.....
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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.....
EVANS, Lewis/ FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer)/ TURNER, James (engraver) [Philadelphia, 1755] A general MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA; Viz VIRGINIA, MÀRILAND, DÈLAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND: Of AQUANISHUONÎGY, the Country of the Confederate Indians; … By Lewis Evans. 1755. The upper left cartouche reads: To the Honourable.....
Northeast/ Mid Atlantic/ Old Northwest. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier. [Paris, 1755] Amerique Septentrionale, dressee, sur les Relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs 18 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches. Original outline color; excellent condition. First state of a well-detailed map of a soon-to-be contested part.....
Plan of the City of New York, in North America: Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Rare; a superb example of the best executed and most beautiful, printed map one can acquire of early New York, and arguably, the masterpiece of 18th century, American, urban cartography. In addition to a plan of the city itself, the work provides a remarkable evocation of the pre-development landscape of.....
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.....
New Hampshire. RUGGLES, Edward/ EDDY, O. T. [Walpole, NH: 1817] NEW-HAMPSHIRE, From Late SURVEY; TO THE CITIZENS of which this MAP is most respectfully Dedicated by their obedient Servant Edward Ruggles. Engraving with outline color, refreshed, on two joined sheet: 29 x 18 ½ inches. Expertly conserved & fully stabilized.....
DAGGETT & ELY (engravers)/ HUNTINGTON, E. (publisher) [Hartford: 1837] Map Of Connecticut from actual Survey…1837. 18 ¼ x 21 ¾ inches. Engraved map with vibrant, original hand color; excellent condition. Rare. The first known, printed map on which the town of Westport and its boundary lines appear. The town was.....
United States/ Cartographic Curiosity. BOYNTON, George W. (engraver)/ TUTTLE, Joseph Willard (publisher) [Boston: Tremont Print Company: dated 1841] A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS. WITH THE HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS And length of the PRINCIPAL RIVERS. PATENT. 25 3/4 x 25 inches (image not including margins). Lithographed map.....
Map of the Towns of Saybrook and Old Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut.
A beautifully preserved wall map, in very attractive, period wash coloring, of the lower Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Centerbrook and Ivoryton, located at or near the mouth of the Connecticut River on the eastern side. The overall map is complemented with plans of the central areas.....
Nautical Chart: Block Island to Cuba. BLUNT, E. & G. W./ COPLEY, Charles [New York, 1853] Coast Of North America from Point Judith to Cape St. Antonio. (Island Of Cuba) Including The Bhama Banks… Every Authentic Survey, American, English & Spanish, Has Been Used In The Construction Of This Chart… 29.....
NIC. MULLER (Printer)/ NICHOLS, David (Engraver) [New York: dated October 1854] BUSSINES (sic) DIRECTORY OF WESTPORT. 20 ½ X 25 ½ inches. Two-stone lithograph (red and blue) mounted on heavy card stock. Two mended 4-inch splits at right and left, a few other mended splits entering printed surface, some edge.....
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.....
Large, Untitled Chart of Long Island Sound, the Connecticut Shoreline, New York City & Vicinity, All of Long Island. [With three large, titled inset charts:] Chart Of Massachusetts Bay…/ Chart Of The East River Entrance To New York … / Hell Gate, And Its Approaches….
Rare. This was as authoritative a chart of these waters as was available at the time. Despite its density of detail, the chart was engraved with uncommon clarity. Its delineation of the Connecticut shoreline includes the many, small harbor islands, especially along the western shore. Also, all inlets, rivers and.....
Nantucket/ Martha’s Vineyard/ Cape Cod. ELDRIDGE, G. [Boston, 1857/ 1874] Chart of the Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Shoals… 40 ½ x 62 ½ inches. Lighthouses and other navigational aid highlighted in color; expertly conserved & re-mounted on new linen, margins extended, some relatively light staining, early notations in pencil, still.....
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.....