Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Nautical category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1879 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (Toms River)

500.00 USD — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000

An uncommon 1879 nautical chart or maritime map of the New Jersey coastline between Barnegat Inlet and Sandy Hook. The chart offers countless depth soundings and a wealth of practical information for the mariner as well as superb coastal detail. An extremely scarce and important 1891 nautical chart or maritime map depicting New York City's Hell Gate, the East River, the Harlem River, Roosevelt Island (Blackwell's Island), Ward's Island, and Randall's Island, as well as portions of adjacent Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. As suggested by the title, the map focuses on the East River from the southern tip of Roosevelt Island northwards to the northern tip of Randall's Island and the Harlem River. This is an appealing 1862 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek, South Carolina. Essentially divided into two sections on the same sheet, the section on the left half of the sheet focuses on Calibogue Sound from Tybee Island and the Savannah River north past Daufuskie Island and Bull's Island to Jarvis' Creek. The right section, centered on Pinckney Island, focuses on Skull Creek from Jarvis Creek north as far as Port Royal Sound. A beautiful 1862 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the Hudson River, New York. The map covers the course of the Hudson River from Glasco to Poughkeepsie. It includes detailed notes on tides, light houses and a wealth of other practical information for the mariner. The chart offers countless depth soundings in feet and several navigational notes, but little inland detail. This is an attractive example of the 1867 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Suisun Bay, northern California. The map covers from Benicia and the Karquines Strait in the west as far as Sherman Island in the east and from Grizzly Island south to the San Joaquin River. It includes countless depth soundings in feet as well as detailed notes on tides and a wealth of other practical information for the mariner. This is a beautiful example of the 1867 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the entrance to the Caloosa (Caloosahatchee) River in Florida. Centered on the San Carlos Bay, this map covers from the eastern portion of Sanibel Island to the entrance of the Caloosa River. The southern portion of Pine Island is also included. Bowditch Point, Matanzas Pass, Punta Rasa, Sword Point, Fisherman's Key and Middle Point are also identified. This is a rare 1866 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of New York City, its harbor, and environs. Though variants of this chart appeared earlier, the present example is most likely the first independent issue of this map in its full completed form. This is moreover among the first 19th century charts to depict New York City as we know it today, including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. Adjacent Jersey City, Newark and Hoboken are also included. This is a beautiful example of the 1859 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the entrance to San Francisco Bay and San Francisco itself. Centered on the City of San Francisco, the map covers the Golden Gate Area, the Marin Peninsula, Mission de Dolores and the eastern coastline from Brooks Island to San Antonio Creek. It offers excellent inland detail noting mountain ranges, fields, swamps, and occasionally, individual buildings along with other topographical details. A large 1846 blueback nautical chart or maritime map of the world by Robert Blachford. Centered on a large and prominent Africa, this map covers most of the world excluding the Arctic climes from roughly the Orkney Islands to the Falkland Islands and from Yucatan (Mexico) to Borneo and Western Australia. Blachford intended this map for marking the route of a ship along the more common maritime routes - to the Americas and around Africa to India and the East Indies. This is beautiful hand colored example of the 1857 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the Gulf Coast from Mobile Bay, Alabama to Borgne (Bogue) Lake, Louisiana. Centered on the Mississippi Sound, the map extends westward as far as Rabbit Island and Little Lake and eastward as far as Oyster Bay. It notes countless depth soundings in feet as well as detailed notes on tides, winds, light houses and a wealth of other practical information for the mariner. This is an attractive hand colored example of the 1857 U. S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of the Rappahannock River, Virginia. The map focuses on the southern part of the Rappahannock River from where it enters into the Chesapeake Bay, and covers its course from Deep Creek to the Chesapeake, including Urbana, the Corrotoman River and the Piankatank River. The chart offers countless depth soundings in feet and several navigational notes, but little inland detail. This is a fine example of the U.S. Coast Survey's 1866 nautical chart or maritime map of Warren River, Rhode Island. Centered on Rumstick Neck, the map covers the Warren River from Tyler Point south past Jacob's Point to The Brothers and its confluence with the Narragansett Bay. Barrington River, Little Island and Warren are also identified. A scarce and impressive colonial period 1749 George Grierson / Mark Tiddeman nautical chart of New York City and harbor. Oriented to the west and centered on Coney Island (Cunny I.), Grierson's chart covers from Staten Island to Jamaica Bay and from Sandy Hook to Harlem (northern Manhattan). There is a compass rose in the lower left quadrant. Relief, towns, and mills are represented pictorially. Numerous depth soundings fill the harbor and sand banks are rendered with stippling. A fine first edition first state old color example of Jan Jansson's 1636 map of the northeast American coastline from Cape Lookout (here identified as C. of Feare) to Nova Scotia. The map includes parts of modern day North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Nova Scotia. This is a rare U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of New York City, its harbor, and environs. First appearing in its completed form in 1866, this is among the first 19th century charts to depict New York City as we know it today, including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. Adjacent Jersey City, Newark and Hoboken are also included. It offers comprehensive inland detail throughout noting street grids, parks, towns and communities. A flawless example of an extraordinary and important 1732/52 map of the Gulf coast and lower Mississippi River Valley by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. D'Anville's map covers from Sabine Pass (Cabo del Norte), Texas, past the Mississippi River Delta, Mobile Bay, and Pensacola Bay, to Saint Joseph Bay (Baye de St. Joseph) and Cabo Escondido (Cape San Blas), Florida. A rare hand colored 1857 nautical chart of Ipswich and Annisquam Harbors. These two important ports are located just north Boston near Cape Ann. Both were centers of for the cod fishing and whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today they are popular tourist destinations. The chart itself covers from Ipswich in the west to Annisquam in the east, and illustrates the various bays and estuaries in between. An unusual 1866 U.S. Coast Survey map of the entrance to Delaware Bay. The map covers the entrance of the bay from Cape May, New Jersey to Assawoman Bay, Delaware. The map offers countless depth soundings throughout as well as excellent coastal detail, especially in Cape Map and along Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay, and Assawoman Bay. An inset in the lower left quadrant focuses on the Delaware Breakwater near Cape Henlopen. This is a rare and beautiful nautical chart or map of Holland and Belgium issued in 1887 by the Depot de la Marine. It covers the coast of Holland and Belgium from Dunkirk on the French border to Hoek van Holland. The chart offers extraordinary detail both inland and at sea. In the harbor there are countless depth soundings in meters, references to lights and undersea features such as banks and shoals. This is a scarce World War II (WWII) era 1945 map of Bombay (Mumbai) harbor and vicinity issued by the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office. It covers the western coast of what was then British India, from Arnala Island to Khanderi Island and inland as far as Kalyan and Bava Malang (Baba Malang) or Malanggad. Based on British surveys between 1855 and 1921 with additions to 1934, this chart offers extraordinary detail throughout including topography.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1879 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (Toms River)