Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1925 Walker Map or Plan of Boston, Massachusetts

250.00 USD — Fri, 22 May 2015 16:33:00 +0000

This is a beautiful c.1925 map or plan of the city of Boston, Massachusetts and its surroundings, by the Walker Lith. and Pub. Co. It covers the city and suburbs of Boston from Forest Hills and Franklin Field north to Charleston and East Boston and from Jamaica Pond east as far as Fort Independence and Castle Island. This is an uncommon 1897 example of a George H. Walker’s aquatint view of Boston Harbor. Centered on South Boston, the view covers Boston Harbor from East Boston and Nahant eastward as far as Squantum and Slate Island. The bustling harbor is shows full of ships and ferries traveling between its various islands and cities. Includes Thompson's Island, Castle Island, Spectacle Island, Governors Island, Deer Island, Lovell's Island, Calf Island, and Peodock's Island, among many others. This is a remarkable 1920 chromolithograph map and view of the Boston Harbor from Boston to Provincetown. It covers all of Cape Cod Bay, Quincy Bay and Dorchester Bay with the communities of Boston, east Boston, south Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, Hough's Neck, Mingham, Nantucket, Duxbury, Plymouth, Cohasset, Scituate, and Provincetown noted. 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 scarce 1903 map or plan of the city of Providence, Rhode Island by Pabodie and Sons. It covers all of downtown Providence as well as much of the surrounding area as far north as Pawtucket, west to Manton, south to Roger Williams Park and east as far as East Providence. The map identifies all streets, ponds and lakes, parks, railway lines, piers, etc. From City Hall, concentric circles radiate at 1/4 mile intervals. This map was copyrighted 1903 published by C. A. This is a scarce 1894 map or plan of the city of Boston, Massachusetts by Geo H. Walker and Company. It extends from Cambridge and Charleston to East Boston and South Boston. Individual streets, bridges, parks, wharfs, subway lines, elevated train lines, surface rail lines, important buildings, subway stations, ferry routes, etc. are noted throughout. Wards are numbered. This map was copyrighted 1894 by Geo H. Walker and Co., Boston and presented by The Hotel Essex. This is an attractive and uncommon c. 1900 bird's eye view map of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, by the Boston map publisher George H. Walker. The view covers the entirety of Narragansett Bay from Point Judith to Providence, and extending eastwards as far as Warren Point and Sakonnet. The map presents the region from a bird's eye perspective facing north. It identifies Newport, Conanicut Island, Prudence Island, Rhode Island, and various settlements along the bay's extensive shoreline. This is a beautiful 1883 map or plan of the city of Boston, Massachusetts by Geo H. Walker and Company. It covers the city of Boston from Charlestown and Somerville to Marine Park and Old Harbor. Individual streets, important buildings, neighborhoods, parks, piers, railway and ferry lines, subway lines and other topographical features are identified. This is a quaint and charming pictorial map of the tourist sites of downtown Boston in 1929. This map was drawn by Charles R. Capon for the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank � which is located at the center of the map. The map depicts important buildings and historic sites in profile with banner style name tags. To either side of the map there are various medallions promoting the arts and sciences. A Baroque style title cartouche appears in the lower left quadrant. A scarce separately published 1877 nautical chart or maritime map of Buzzard Bay by George Eldridge. This elegantly produced chart on thick stock covers from the west coast of Cape Cod and includes New Bedford, Falmouth, Sippican, Wareham, Woods Hole, and Mattapoisett, among other towns. Eldridge provides excellent maritime detail throughout with numerous soundings (in feet) and notations for undersea ledges, shoals, and other dangers. This is a large 1905 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Boston Bay, Massachusetts and its approaches. It covers the Massachusetts coastline from Marshfield north past Cohasset, Weymouth, Quincy, Boston, Lynn, Marblehead, Salem and Gloucester to Cape Ann. It offers astounding inland detail, noting individual buildings, roads, bridges, rivers towns and topography. This is a beautiful large geological map of Essex County, Massachusetts. It covers Essex County in its entirety and shows the distribution of the different types of rocks or geological formations of the region. The area represented extends north from Nahant and Lynn Harbor to Amesbury and from Methuen east to Rockport inclusive of important ports and destinations like Nahant, Lynn, Beverly, Salem, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Rockport, Plum Island, Ipswich and Newburyport. A scarce and stunning bird's eye view style pocket map of New England issued in 1905 by George Walker published by the New England Street Railway Club. Reveals New England centered on Boston. The view extends north as far as Lewistown, Brunswick and Yarmouth; south to Narragansett Bay, Newport and New Bedford; and west as far as Worcester. Shows train and trolley routes throughout the region. This is a beautiful 1907 bird's-eye view style pocket canoe map of Charles River, Massachusetts by the Boston map publisher George H. Walker. Printed with a multicolor lithograph process, Walker's view covers the winding Charles River from Waltham to Medway and includes Riverside, Newton, Wellesley, South Natick, Dover, Needham, Waban, Dedham, Medfield, Rockville and Highlandville. 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.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1925 Walker Map or Plan of Boston, Massachusetts