Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1675 John Speed (Bassett and Chiswell) Miniature Map of New England and New York

550.00 USD — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:45:00 +0000

An attractive 1675 miniature variant on John Speeds rare miniature map of New England and New York issued by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. This map was included with the popularly termed 'miniature Speed', an octavo version of Speeds great folio atlas. Like its larger cousin, this map was cartographically derived from Jan Jannson's 1651 Belgii Nova but updated with Anglicized nomenclature and toponymy. A rare separately published c. 1796 map of New England by Bowles and Carver. Centered on Massachusetts, this map covers the New England coastline from Long Island, New York, to Little Kennebec Bay, Maine, and from Cape Cod and Nantucket westward to just beyond the Hudson River. This map was initially issued by Carrington Bowles in 1765 as a reduced and updated improvement upon the 1755 John Green / Braddock Mead map of the same region. A fine example of the esteemed 1676 map of New England issued in the Basset and Chiswell edition of John Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World . Following in the Jansson-Visscher model, this map covers from the coast of Maine in the vicinity of Penobscot to the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. This, we might add, is marked departure from the model which typically also includes Virginia. A highly significant map, this is the 1774 'Jefferys' Map' of the Most Inhabited Part of New england . Centered on the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this map covers from Long Island to Lake Champlain and from the Hudson River to Cape Cod and Kennebec Bay, Maine. There is an inset of Boston in the upper left corner and another of Boston Harbor near the cartouche in the lower right quadrant. This scarce map was drawn by Braddock Mead (a.k.a. John Green) and published by Thomas Jefferys. A scarce French edition of Louis Evans' highly influential map of the Middle British Colonies, one of the most important maps of the British Colonies to appear in the 18th century. The map covers Louisville on the Ohio River eastward as far as Narragansett Bay and Long Island, northwards as far as Montreal, and south to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, inclusive of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and most of the Ohio River Valley. A significant though often overlooked piece, this is J. B. Homann's c. 1716 map of New England, New York, and New Jersey. Though titled 'Nova Anglia', Homann's map actually covers a much broader area from New France (Canada) to the Delaware Bay, and from Philadelphia to Nova Scotia, inclusive of all of New England, New York, and New Jersey, as well as parts of adjacent Canada and Pennsylvania. This is a beautiful 1903 bird's eye view style pocket map of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire by the Geo. H. Walker and Company, Boston. One of the more obscure and rare maps by George Walker, it covers the popular summertime destination from Little Asquam and Lake Winnesquam to Lake Wentworth and from Alton Bay and Round Bay to Moultonboro and Walkers Pond. This is a rare and beautiful 1843 first edition map of Maine by W. Anson. The northern boundary of Maine is depicted according to the Treaty of 1842, making it one of the first maps published following the Webster�Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The earlier boundary, according to the treaty of 1783 is also noted. The map notes counties, Indian townships, rivers, roads, lakes and a host of additional geographical and topographical details. A beautiful example of one of the most important maps in the history of America, Blaeu�s 1635 Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova . Oriented to the west, this map covers the American coast from Virginia, past New York and Long Island to Cape Code, New England, and Quebec. It is cartographically derived from data accumulated by Adriaen Bock and other Dutch fur traders active in the early 17th century. This is a fine example of Joseph Meyer's 1852 map of the Mid-Atlantic States. It covers New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia as well as parts of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. Six inset maps are also included. These feature New York and vicinity, Philadelphia and vicinity, Niagara Falls and vicinity, Albany and vicinity, Pittsburg and vicinity and Baltimore and Washington DC and vicinity. An attractive 1835 map of New Hampshire and Vermont by T. G. Bradford. It cover the two states in detail, noting towns, cities, lakes and other important topographical features, with elevation rendered by hachure. Offers color coding at the county level. Killington Peak, now a popular ski resort, is identified. This map was published as plate no. 25 in Thomas G. Bradford's 1835 Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and Commercial . This is a beautiful example of T. G. Bradford's 1835 map of Maine. The map covers the state of Maine in superb detail, noting towns, cities, bays, islands, rivers, inlets and a host of other topographical features, with elevations rendered by hachure. It shows early county configuration. Offers color coding at the county level. The 'Monument Line', 'Boundary claimed by Great Britain' and the 'Boundary decided by the King of the Netherlands' are all noted. An attractive Rand McNally and Company's 1888 map of Maine, United States. The map covers the entire state of Maine with parts of its neighboring states and Canada. The map notes several towns, cities, railroads etc., especially in the southern parts of the state. Various topographical details are also noted with relief shown in hachure. This map was issued as plate no. A beautiful Rand McNally and Company 1888 map of New Hampshire, United States. Centered on the Connecticut River, which forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire, this map covers the State of New Hampshire and part of neighboring Vermont in extensive detail. Color coded according to counties, the map notes several towns, cities, railroads, and various other topographical details with relief shown by hachure. This map was issued as plate no. A very attractive c. 1750 example of John Thornton and Mount and Page's important nautical chart or maritime map of the eastern coast of North America from Cape Henry to the Mouth of the St. Lawrence. The map includes the coasts of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland as well as illustrating the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay in full. Shading indicates the various offshore shoals including the Nantucket Shoals, St. A scarce separately issued map of New Hampshire published by J. R. Dodge in 1856. This map is one of the few maps of New Hampshire actually published in New Hampshire, in this case Nashua. Dodge prepared this map to illustrate the rise of railroad lines throughout the state, particularly in the Merrimack River corridor where the fueled a textile boom in Nashua and Manchester. A rare and important 1810 map of the northeastern part of the United States by John Pinkerton. The map covers from Lake Huron and Ohio, extending north as far as Canada and Maine, and south to the Chesapeake Bay and northern Kentucky. The states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont are illustrated in full. Ohio and Michigan are collectively identified as the Western Territory and are partially included. This is a beautiful example of A. J. Johnson and R. Browning's 1861 map of New Hampshire and Vermont. It covers both states as well as parts of adjacent states. This rare map offers a fascinating snapshot of these two New england states shortly following the outbreak of the American Civil War. It depicts the two states in stupendous detail with even individual buildings drawn in. This early variation of the Johnson map appears only in the 1860 � 1862 editions of the atlas. This is Johnson and Ward's 1864 map of Maine. It covers the entire state along with portions of adjacent Canada and New Hampshire. The map is color coded according to county and notes several roads, railways, rivers, cities, towns and various other topographical details. It features the fretwork style border common to Johnson�s atlas work from 1863 to 1869. Steel plate engraving prepared by A. J. Johnson for publication as plate no. 22 in the 1864 edition of his� New Illustrated Atlas . A beautiful example of the American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.�s 1867 map of New Hampshire and Vermont. Centered on the Connecticut River, which forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, this map covers both states as well as adjacent parts of Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Canada. Identifies Killington Peak and Camel's Hump in Vermont, now popular ski resorts.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1675 John Speed (Bassett and Chiswell) Miniature Map of New England and New York