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Miniature of BMC 20--Carte De La Nouvelle France des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens and de Mississippi, ca. 1719
BMC 20--Carte De La Nouvelle France des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens and de Mississippi, ca. 1719
Henri Chatelain's map of the inhabited parts of North America, based upon Nicholas De Fer's map published in 1718. At the top left of the map is large scale map of the Mississippi Delta and Mobile Bay, based upon the 1699 voyage of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. The inset also appears on De Fer's rare 4 sheet map of 1718, upon which this map is based. Chatelain's one sheet version of De Fer's map includes a view of Quebec and detail in the Great Lakes and Mississippi.
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Miniature of BMC 09--America Septentrionalis [1641]
BMC 09--America Septentrionalis [1641]
This map of North America shows California as an island. It is richly embellished with a variety of animals throughout the interior, with sailing ships and sea monsters in the oceans. The map is a careful compilation from various sources and represents the current state of cartographic knowledge at that time. There is a single "Lac des Iroguois" in the Great Lakes region. A few place names from John Smith's 1616 map appear in "Nova Anglia." The title cartouche features several Native Americans, and the imprint cartouche features two mermaids. Depicts North America, Central America, and northern part of South America.
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Miniature of BMC 67--Route from Fort Pownal to Quebec, 1764
BMC 67--Route from Fort Pownal to Quebec, 1764
"A Draught of a Rout from Fort Pownall on Penobscot River by way of Piscataquess River, Lake Sabim, Wolf River, and the River Chaudiere, to Quebec, and back again to Fort Pownall, by Penobscot River. Taken by order of His Excellency Francis Bernard. Esq: Governor &c of His Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1764." Map of route to Quebec from Fort Pownal on the Penobscot River, based on a survey undertaken by Joseph Chadwick during 1764.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of BMC 38--Nieuw Engeland in Twee Scheeptogten door Kapitein Johan Smith inde Iaren 1614 en 1615 Bestevend
BMC 38--Nieuw Engeland in Twee Scheeptogten door Kapitein Johan Smith inde Iaren 1614 en 1615 Bestevend
John Smith's map of New England, which was engraved to illustrate Vander Aa's edition of Smith's Narrative on New England. Extends from Nantucket and Wapanoos to Penobscot Bay and Lake Erie. Ornate cartouche shows Smith's landing in New England. The map illustrated an early account of the New World published by Vander Aa, one of the most prolific compilers of information on the early explorations to America, Asia and Africa.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of BMC 08--Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia; 1638
BMC 08--Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia; 1638
Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia. Gerhard Mercator, Jan Jansson, and Hendrick Hondius, cartographers. Map displays the Western seaboard of what is now Mexico. Appears in Mercator and Hondius' Atlas Novus. Amstelodami : Apud Henricum Hondium & Joannem Janssonium, 1638.
Miniature of Copy of Deed Number Eight to William Bingham
Copy of Deed Number Eight to William Bingham
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Miniature of Copy of Deed Number Twelve to William Bingham
Copy of Deed Number Twelve to William Bingham
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Miniature of Copy of Deed Number Sixteen to William Bingham
Copy of Deed Number Sixteen to William Bingham
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Miniature of BMC 62A--L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e parte di Massachusset e Connceticut, 1778
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.
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Miniature of BMC 57--Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Maine, circa 1822
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.
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps