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BMC 75--Nuova ed esatta Carta Della America Ricavata dale Mappe, e carte piu approvate, 1763
- Map of North and South America engraved by Andrea Scacciati and published in Il Gazzettiere Americano by Marco Coltellini, Livorno, 1763. The atlas is the first Italian translation of "The American Gazetteer" published in 1762. The maps accompanying the atlas are derived from the French cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin. The works bear the signatures of Veremondo Rossi, Andrea Scacciati, Giuseppe Maria Terreni and also Violante Vanni, a rare case of Italian women's engagement in the cartographic field.
1763
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.
1763
BMC 79A--Plan de la Ville de Quebec, circa 1764
- Plan of the city of Quebec circa 1764. Cartographer is unknown but the map is based upon Jacques Bellin's map of the same period.
1764
BMC 52--Province of New Hampshire, 1730
- Map of the Province of New Hampshire with note "rec'd from Col. Dunbar with his letter to the Sec'y dated at Boston 2 May 1730." Notes "Charter Division Line between the Provinces 3 miles N[orth] of the Meremack River." David Dunbar (1728–1737) was a British military officer; as Surveyor of the King's Woods he made numerous enemies in his enforcement of regulations governing the cutting of trees that could be used as ship masts. He was the leader of an attempt to establish a colony named "Georgia" in what is now the central coast of Maine, and was in 1730 commissioned as lieutenant governor of the Province of New Hampshire in an attempt to strengthen his authority. He engaged in frequent disputes with New Hampshire's Governor Jonathan Belcher. He established Fort Frederick in Maine.
1730
BMC 04--Spanish Dominions in North America, Middle Part; 1811
- Spanish dominions in North America, middle part. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row. Engraved map. Shows mines, farms, shoals, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Covers central and southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and part of Honduras. This map was published in Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas in September 1811.
1811
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.
1706
BMC 31--Casco Bay Fort in the Province of Main[e] in America, 1705
- Casco Bay Fort in the Province of Main[e] in America, Latitude 44-00. Sepia print of the original compiled by J. Redknap. 1 inch to approx. 15 feet. A key identifies individual structures within the fort.
1705
BMC 37--Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise, contenant la Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Pensylvania, Nouvelle Iorck, N:Iarsey, N. France, et les terres nouvellement découerte dressé sur les relations les plus nouvelles. Circa 1700
- Eastern North America. Copied from Morden-Brown ca. 1695. An untitled inset at the left shows Boston Harbor and serves to hide some of the unknown western regions. Some illustrated topography shows towns, river systems, individual trees to indicate forests and some banks off the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Relief shown pictorially. Small compass rose on upper right corner.
1700
BMC 39--Amerika of de Nieuwe Weerld, circa 1492
- Decorative map of America, showing California as an Island, prepared to illustrate Vander Aa's Dutch translation of the report of Columbus' first voyage to America. Includes an incomplete Great Lakes, unknown Northwest Coast of America, highly inaccurate mapping of the Mississippi River, the 7 Cities of Cibola and a largely incomplete knowledge of the region which would become New Zealand and Australia. South America misprojected in a very wide fashion.
1492
BMC 53--Massachusetts and Provinces of New Hampshire and Maine, circa 1760
- Map of Massachusetts and Provinces of New Hampshire and Maine. Notes "line of scouts and lodgements posted by Governor Pownall." Marks sites of numerous forts throughout the provinces, including Fort Halifax on the Kennebec River. Depicts area from Lake Champlain and Fort William Henry to Penobscot Bay in Maine. Cartographer is unknown and map is undated. Thomas Pownall was Governor of Massachusetts 1757-1760.
1760