Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1862 Valentine View of Trinity Place and Trinity Church (Financial District), New York City

120.00 USD — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:37:00 +0000

This is a beautiful view of Trinity Place in New York City issued by D. T. Valentine. The view looks southward on Trinity Place with Trinity Church and the Trinity Church cemetery on the left. It features a gravedigger near a grave, some trees and bushes in the foreground and surrounding buildings. Illustrates the third and current Trinity Church buildings, built in 1846, which, with its spire and cross was the highest point in New York until 1890. This is a beautifully drawn view of Fraunce’s Tavern located on the corner of Broad St. and Pearl St. in Lower Manhattan. The view features Fraunces Tavern, the headquarters for George Washington during the Revolutionary War while negotiating with the British regarding their evacuation. It was from here, on December 4, 1783, that George Washington bade farewell to the officers of the Continental Army. This is an extremely scarce 1846 broadside issued by John Hutchings to promote the awareness of John Fitch as a pioneer of steam navigation. Fitch was an instrument maker working in the later part of the 18th century. As an early pioneer of steam navigation, Fitch tested several steamboats on the Delaware River between 1785 and 1788. One of these, the Perseverance, is depicted in the upper right quadrant of this sheet. This is a charming 1961 pictorial map of Long Island by Courtland Smith. This historical map covers from New London in Connecticut and Fishers Island south as far as the Lower New York Bay and Staten Island. Long Island is depicted in its entirety from Brooklyn and Queens east to Montauk. Throughout, the map notes cities, towns, beaches, radio stations, parks, ferry lines, lighthouses and several other important landmarks, scenes and activities. A fun cartographic curiosity, this is an 1898 shoe advertisement set against and backdrop of New York City. The view, prepared in 1897 by Moses King, has here been coopted to demonstrate the prosperity of the Regal Shoe Company. The caption describes how, if all the shoes they cold in 1897 were made into a single shoe that shoe would be 34 miles long and 17 miles higher - hence the illustration at hand. And indeed, the Regal Shoe Company, founded by Elmer J. A remarkable and uncommon large format map of Long Island issued in 1904 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The map covers the whole of Long Island as well as adjacent parts of New York City and the continental coastline west of Bridgeport, Connecticut. This map was prepared from data collected by A. C. Veatch and Isaiah Bowman in 1903 to illustrate water wells, pumping stations, and other waterworks throughout Long Island. This is a fine 1840 first edition example of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge's city plan or map of New York City. The map coves southern Manhattan from the Battery northwards to 42nd street as well as portions of adjacent Jersey City, Brooklyn, and Williamsburg. Governors Island and Ellis Island appear in the harbor. This is 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 appealing map of Long Island was issued in 1884 by the Long Island Railroad. It depicts Long Island in full inclusive of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Long Island Sound, the southern shore of Connecticut and northern parts of Staten Island. The map shows the progress of the Long Island Railroad system, reflecting the development of the rail lines as far as Sag Harbor, Montauk and Greenport. It also notes important towns, bays, roads, harbors, beaches and other topographical details. This is an index map in four sections depicting the four part 1896 map series by E. Belcher Hyde, detailing Long Island. A set of four sections, the map covers long Island from Brooklyn to Montauk. Section 1 covers from Brooklyn to Westbury, section 2 covers from New Cassel to Ronkonkoma, section 3 covers from Ronkonkoma to Shinnecock Hills and section 4 covers from Southampton to Montauk. 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. An uncommon early manuscript cadastral map and document recording land transactions on Manhattan's Upper West Side, near Central Park. The manuscript, dated 1856, features an eastward oriented manuscript map detailing the street and property lots between Central Park and Broadway, here identified as Bloomingdale Road, and between 85th and 89th streets. This area includes parts of modern-day Central Park West, Columbus Avenue, and Amsterdam Avenue. This is the third section of a four part 1896 map series by E. Belcher Hyde, detailing central and eastern Long Island from Ronkonkoma to Matituck and Shinnecock Hills and from Fire Island north to Port Jefferson Harbor including the parts of Suffolk County. The map is highly detailed and noted railways and stations, roads, bridges, rivers, inlets, bays, light houses, water works, houses, hotels, schools and a host of additional topotgraphical features. This is the central section of a four part 1896 map series by E. Belcher Hyde, detailing central Long Island from Hempstead and Oyster Bay to Islip and Smithtown and from Fire Island north to Lloyd's Neck and Huntington Bay, including the eastern parts of Nassau County and the western parts of Suffolk County. This is a rare 1871 example Vaux & Olmstead's map of part of Prospect Park, Brooklyn. His map focuses on the section of Prospect Park now occupied by Wollman Rink and the adjacent Concert Grove. Pathways, individual trees, pavilions, boat landings, seats, and fountains and depicted. As with their most famous work, Central Park, Vaux and Olmstead were meticulous in their design of Prospect Park, with every tree, pond, and bench planned. 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. This is a scarce 1780 American Revolutionary War Map illustrating the Battle of Saratoga, a decisive engagement in the favor of the Colonial armies. Oriented to the south, this map covers an region roughly 9 miles south of Saratoga, New York. The map details lands from the Hudson River westward and from Stillwater northwards. It illustrates the disposition of the two armies, with the British under General John Burgoyne at the bottom of the map and the American Colonial encampment at the top. This is a scarce 1871 map of Canal Park or Canal St. Park, New York City by Kellogg and Pilat. It shows the plan of improvements of Canal Street Park, located between Canal Street and West Street above Holland Tunnel. The map notes the location of trees and shrubbery within the triangular park. Originally established in 1686 by King James II, the area used to be part of the Lispenard Meadows and apparently used to be submerged during high tide.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1862 Valentine View of Trinity Place and Trinity Church (Financial District), New York City