Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1907 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Long Island Sound and Connecticut Coast near Branford

This is an impressive large format rolling 1907 nautical chart or maritime map of the northern shore of the Long Island Sound or the Connecticut Coast. Issued by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, this map covers from East Haven, Connecticut to Sachem Head, Connecticut, inclusive of South Send, Branford Harbor, Branford City, Indian Neck, Pleasant Point, Stony Creek, Hoadley Point, Joshua Cove and Guilford. It further includes the Thimble Islands (Ghost Islands) and Blackstone Rocks. This is an impressive large format rolling 1907 nautical chart or maritime map of the Long Island Sound, Long Island's North Fork, and Connecticut Coast in the vicinity of New Haven. Issued by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, this map covers from Stratford, Connecticut, Port Jefferson, Long Island and Setauket, Long Island and extends eastward as far as Niantic, Connecticut, Plum Inland, and Oyster Ponds. A beautiful example of J. N. Bellin's important 1764 map of New York City. The map depicts what is today the Financial District at the southern tip of Manhattan between the Hudson River and the 'Canal de la Longue Isle' or East River. Bellin's plan of New York is taken directly from an inset attached to J. B. L. Franquelin's 1693 regional manuscript map. This is an uncommon example of the 1828 view of New York, drawn by J. B. Smith. It features a lovely view of the New York Harbor from the south, looking across to Manhattan. Castle Williams on Governors Island is visible in the foreground. Countless church towers are visible in the background while many small boats can be seen sailing in the water. This view was engraved by J. B. Neagle as part of Malte-Brun's System of Geography , Vol. I., published in New York by Samuel Walker. This is an uncommon example of the 1828 view of Albany, New York, drawn by J. R. Smith. It features a lovely view of the Harbor. Many small boats can be seen in the foreground. This view was engraved by C. A. & Co., Lancaster, as part of Malte-Brun's System of Geography , Vol. I., published in New York by Samuel Walker. This is a fascinating example of the 1804 Joseph Ellicott map of the village of Buffalo, New York. Covers eastward from Lake Erie, focusing on the downtown area of Buffalo. Upper left quadrant contains an inset of the Map of the Village of New Amsterdam - as it was christened by Ellicott � (now the City of Buffalo). Joseph Elicott, city planner and surveyor for the Holland Land Company, designed and laid the grid system. The same grid system can still be seen in the downtown area. A scarce and impressive colonial period c. 1773 Mark Tiddeman nautical chart of New York City and harbor. Oriented to the west and centered on Coney Island (Cunny I.), Tiddeman's chart coves 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. An important 1777 Revolutionary War Era map of New York and New Jersey by Claude Joseph Sauthier and Matthew Lotter. This map is Lotter's German edition of Sauthier's map of 1776. The map covers from Quebec and Lake Champlain along the Hudson Valley Corridor south as far as Delaware Bay, inclusive of all of New York (as it then appeared) and New Jersey, as well as significant portions of adjacent Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Delaware. This is a fine example of the C. S. Hammond's 1920 bird's eye view map of New York to Boston. Focusing mainly on Long Island, the map covers from Richmond (Staten Island) to Cape Cod. Includes Nantucket Island, Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Various villages and regions along Long Island and the coast of Connecticut are identified. In the north, the view extends as far as Thatcher Island. A beautiful example of Rand McNally's 1928 map of the Long Island Sunrise Trails. This folding map coves Long Island from Staten Island to Montauk Point in Long Island and includes Manhattan, and parts of adjacent Westchester and New Jersey. The map features main and secondary roads, auto and passenger ferry routes, railroads, golf clubs and state parks. Throughout beautiful pictorial decorations are featured. An uncommon and colorful 1857 map of New York City by Humphrey Phelps. The map covers Manhattan south of 131st street as well as adjacent parts of Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken, and Jersey City. Individual streets are named as are many individual buildings. The map notes various fery crossing, names piers, and shows shipping lanes. Various types of sailing, cargo, and stem vessels decorate the Hudson River. Where Columbia University now stands, this map reveals a 19th century Lunatic Asylum. A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of New York. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. Covers the entire state of New York as well as parts of the adjacent states. Two insets in the lower left quadrant detail Niagara Falls and the vicinity of New York City. Includes Lake Ontario in full. A remarkable discovery, this is the second earliest published view of New York City (the earliest being Joost Hartgers unobtainable view). Issued around 1650 by the Dutch cartographer Joannes Blaeu, this view details the southern tip of Manhattan, then New Amsterdam (Nieuw Amsterdam), as it appeared under the Dutch colonial government. This is a rare large format 1865 folding map of New York City by Matthew Dripps. Covers the entire island of Manhattan as well as parts of Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken and Jersey City. Shows the city in considerable detail with all streets and, in Manhattan, block numbers clearly shown. Labels most of the peers in lower Manhattan and shows numerous individual buildings with identifying numbers. Where Columbia University now stands, this map reveals a 19th century Lunatic Asylum. 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 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 stunning and rare 1868 Map of the northern part of the island of Manhattan, New York city by W. C. Rogers. Map covers the upper part of Manhattan, above 86th street (including Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, Harlem, Inwood, the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, etc...) in extraordinary detail, depicting streets, buildings, estates and in many cases individual trees. A rare possibly unique find, this is G. W. and C. B. Colton�s magnificent 1897 panoramic birds-eye view of New York City. Presented in chromolithograph color this map reveals Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens as seen from high above Jersey City and Hoboken, which themselves appear in the lower left quadrant. The area covered runs from the Bronx to the Statue of Liberty and from Hoboken to Brooklyn and Governor�s Island. This is a rare map of Westchester County, New York, the Bronx, and upper Manhattan during the American Revolutionary War issued for John Marshall�s 1832 edition of the Life of Washington . The map covers the strategically important region north of New York City as far as the Croton River and Tellers Point (Croton Point). Various rivers, roads, and topographical elements are noted. This is a rare map of New York City during the American Revolutionary War issued for John Marshall�s 1832 edition of the Life of Washington . The map covers the strategically important Manhattan Island and vicinity, including Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Various rivers, roads, and topographical elements are noted. Color coding indicates the positions of the British (Red) and Continental (Blue) forces as each attempted to maintain control of the region.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1907 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Long Island Sound and Connecticut Coast near Branford