Baxter Rare Maps
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BMC 62A--L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e parte di Massachusset e Connceticut, 1778
- Map of Acadia, the provinces of Sagadahoc and Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Depicts the Northeastern coast, extending from the Hamptons on Long Island and the Connecticut River and showing all of New England, the Bay of Fundy and Acadia.The map, while issued separately as part of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, is one of 12 sections comprising the Italian edition of Mitchell's map of North America. John Mitchell's map of North America was one of the most important American maps of the 18th Century and is the foundation for virtually all boundary disputes and treaties beginning with the French & Indian War. It was drawn from the first available English and Indigenous surveys and includes detail regarding towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other regional features.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 43--Tabula Terre Nove (Admiral’s Map), [Northwestern Portion], 1513
- Martin Waldseemüller 'Tabula Terra Nova' from Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia, Strasbourg, 1513. One of twenty maps containing new information gathered from many travels and voyages of discovery, which earned the work the title of 'first modern atlas of the world.' It was also the first printed map to show part of America. This version depicts just the northwestern section of Ptolemy's map.
- Type: FILE
BMC 57--Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Maine, circa 1822
- Early map of Maine, hand colored by counties. Roads, towns, rivers, and lakes are included on map. Key notes flags for 10 remarkable battles. Text surrounds map, which includes details concerning the topography, indigenous lands, rivers, climate, towns, manufacturing, commerce, education, history, population by county, and other information. Buchon follows the format of Carey & Lea's Atlas. The atlas was issued in six editions in English, French & German between 1822 and 1827.
- Type: FILE
BMC 63--Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes, 1633
- Map of the East Coast of North America, extending from Cape Cod to Newfoundland. De Laet’s map appeared in his seminal work on America, which is widely regarded as the most important and influential treatise on the subject published in the 17th Century. The map provides the best representations of the coastline and is referred to as "one of the foundation maps of Canada" and "the first printed map to include an accurate Prince Edward Island, and the earliest depiction of a north-south oriented Lake Champlain."
- Type: FILE
BMC 11--A New Map of the North Parts of America Claimed by France under Names of Louisiana, Mississippi, Canada and New France with Adjoining Territories of England and Spain. 1720
- In 1720, London geographer and mapmaker, Herman Moll, published this map focusing on France's North American possessions. In a message below the title, he warned his British audience of French encroachment on neighboring English interests in the region and urged them to preserve old friendships with the Iroquois and Cherokees. The depiction of the Southeast was based on recent English surveys, particularly those of Richard Berresford and Capt. Thomas Naime. However, the Southwest, where California is depicted as island, was based on outdated information that was mistakenly accepted by European mapmakers from the mid-17th century until the early 18th century. Depths shown by soundings. Includes notes and illustration of "The Indian Fort Sasquesahanok." Insets: The harbour of Annapolis Royal -- A map of ye mouth of Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] and Mobile Rivers
- Type: FILE