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BMC 71--Extrema Americae Versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova Nova Francia
- Early map of Eastern Canada, etc., from the 1662 Latin edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior, which shows Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador and the Davis and Hudson Straits as well as the southern tip of Greenland. It was the most extensive and accurate portrayal of New France available at that time, due largely to the fact that it was carefully copied from Champlain's map of 1632. The elaborate title cartouches symbolize the importance of the Grand Banks fisheries, which are noted on the map.
1662
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 82--The Harbour of Anapolis Royal, circa 1747
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Forms part of series of maps published by Emanuel Bowen circa 1747 as “Particular draughts and plans of some of the principal towns and harbours belonging to the English, French, and Spaniards, in America and West Indies.”
1747
BMC 84--A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations, 1774
- This large, detailed map of New England was compiled by Braddock Mead (alias John Green), and first published by Thomas Jefferys in 1755. Green was an Irish translator, geographer, and editor, as well as one of the most talented British map-makers at mid-century. The map was re-published at the outset of the American Revolution, as it remained the most accurate and detailed survey of New England. Of interest are engraved double lines found beneath certain place-names, including Boston. These lines indicate cities whose longitude had been calculated with the aid of the newly invented marine chronometer. Includes compilation data and insets of "A plan of the town of Boston" and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurate survey."
1774
BMC 05--Spanish Dominions in North America, Northern Part; 1811
- Spanish dominions in North America, northern part. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published Nov. 1, 1811, by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row. Engraved map. Full hand col. Shows mines, farms, station of muleteers, garrisons or military posts, tribes, etc. Relief shown by hachures.
1811
BMC 23--Americae Mappa generalis, circa 1746
- This 18th century map depicts the Americas with the various political regions color-coded. The ''Line of Demarcation'' is accurately drawn, and a great deal of Western Europe and Western Africa is included. Indian tribes are located throughout the map. In North America California is shown in peninsular form; however the northwest region is still in doubt (and completely omitted). The mythical region of Quivira also remains on the North American continent. The elaborate title cartouche depicts Native Americans surrounded by plants, birds and items indigenous to the continents, with volcanoes erupting in the background.
1746
BMC 54--Pascatway River in New England, circa 1670
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The surveyor who drew the original map is unknown, except for his initials "J. S." The map is undated.
The first letter of each line of verse just to the right of the map's title, when read vertically from top to bottom, spells out "James Duke of York." The map was therefore made sometime between 1660 and 1685, during the reign of Charles II of England, when his younger brother James held the title of Duke of York.
The surveyor was trying to flatter the duke:
Just Great and Good are Princely epithets
And each of these your highness well befitts
My aime with your great virtues cannot want
Encouragement (craving what's fit to grant)
Serenest Prince I heer (unto your eye)
Declare (by mapp) how England's strength doth lye
Unseen in rivers of the New Plantations
Kingly commanding heads of other nations
Equally it to honor neither Spain
Or the boasting Dutch can shew the like againe!
Freely accept (Great Sire) the loyaltie
Your meanest servant offers to your eye
Oceans and rivers ring loud peales of faime
Resounding echoes to your honor'd name
Kind heav'ns and stars continue long the same.
1670
BMC 17--Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali, circa 1745
- In the mid-18th century, the Homann Heirs issued this group of four maps on a single sheet, which are based upon earlier maps by Herman Moll, published in London. Each of the maps was separately issued in Moll's Atlas Minor. The map titles are New Engelland, New York, New Yersey, und Pensilvania; Carolina neksteinem Theil von Florida; Virginia und Maryland; and New Founland od Terra Nova S. Laurentii Bay…New Schotland. The text at the bottom includes notes on the maps and the Iroquois Indians. The maps include the most current information from the British Colonies, including dozens of place names, Indian settlements, roads, and postal information. The maps also provide details on indigenous battles with the Indians by Col. Barnwell and Col Craven in the Carolina map, and details on Indian and English plantations on the Maryland and Virginia map.
1745