Baxter Rare Maps
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BMC 76--Carta Rappresentante i Cinque Laghi del Canada, 1763
- This map was engraved by Andrea Scacciati and Giuseppe Pazzi for Il Gazzettiere Americano, published in Livorno in 1763. The map depicts all five of the Great Lakes although Lake Superior is only partially represented. It extends north and south beyond Lake Superior and Fort Duquesne, west to Green Bay, and east to include parts of New Jersey. The map identifies geographical features, various rivers, trading post, and fortifications. American Indian tribes are identified with Italianized names such as the “Irocchesi” and “Algonquini.” Niagara Falls is identified.
- Type: FILE
BMC 03--Spanish Dominions in North America, Southern Part; 1811
- A map of the southern part of North America, now known as Central America. This map was published in Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas in September 1811. The map depicts landforms from Oaxaca to Panama and includes the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Grand Ocean (Pacific Ocean). Spanish dominions in North America, sourthern part. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published September 11, 1811, by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row.
- Type: FILE
BMC 01--Spanish East Coast of Western Hemisphere & part of African West Coast, (p 6 & 7)
- Spanish or Portuguese East Coast of Western Hemisphere & part of African West Coast. Date and cartographer unknown
- Type: FILE
BMC 27--The British Colonies in North America, 1777
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Map of the United States east of the Great Plains and Eastern Canada showing the locations of settlements, forts, and natural features. Engraved by William Faden.
- Type: FILE
BMC 26--Carte de L'Amerique, circa 1822
- French map of North and Central America. Cartographer unknown. Includes names of major states and towns.
- Type: FILE
BMC 34--Pemaquid Fort in America
- Sketch map of Pemaquid Fort. Board of Trade maps, Vol. 10, Number 48. Duplicate of Plan Number 47. Map identifies two sections: "A. The Fort as it was before the French took and Demolished it. B: The Profil as it now lyes in its' Ruins."
- Type: FILE
BMC 45--Le Nouveau Continent Figure dans la Mappemonde de Juan de la Cosa en 1500.
- This 1834 atlas was issued as part of Humboldt and Bonpland’s Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 (Paris, 1808-1834), which was published in over thirty volumes over several decades. Included in the atlas is this first printing of a manuscript map made by Spanish conquistador, cartographer, and explorer Juan de la Cosa (ca. 1460-1509), who sailed with the first three voyages of Columbus and was the owner of the Santa María. This chart (XXXIII) incorporates lands discovered in America up to 1500 during expeditions by Spanish, Portuguese, and English expeditions to America. Juan de la Cosa’s mappa mundi is believed to be the earliest extant map showing any part of the continent of North America.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 48--A Plan of the Compact Part of the Town of Exeter at the Head of the Southerly Branch of Piscataqua River, 1802
- Map of Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire drawn by Phinehas Merrill. Oriented with north to the right. Buildings (some labeled) shown pictorially.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 06--Part of North America containing Canada, the North parts of New England and New York; with Nova Scotia and New found Land; 1759
- Part of North America; containing Canada, the North Parts of New England and New York; with Nova Scotia and Newfound Land. John Barrow, mapmaker, 1759. (9” x 12”) Map of New England, part of Canada and Newfoundland, with a large inset of the Great Lakes, and detail in the Great Lakes and the Upper Mississippi regions.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps