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Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor : showing the proposed site of a light ...

Beneath Our Feet: Mapping of the features beneath the ocean’s surface began in Europe in the late-16th century, with cartographers using simple symbols such as soundings (numbers that indicate depth in fathoms)... More

The town of Boston in New England and Brittish ships of war landing th...

A restrike of a cropped plate originally engraved, printed, and sold by Paul Revere in 1770. See Brigham. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

This harbour of Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Although undated, this earliest surviving plan of Boston Harbor dates from the period of Sir Edmund Andros' term as governor of New England from 1685-1689. It is most likely one of several manuscript maps of Ne... More

Boston Harbour in New England nautical chart

This is the first printed chart of Boston Harbor. It appeared only in the 1689 and 1698 editions of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book. Seller's publication became the most popular navigational manual for ships... More

A draught of Boston Harbor by Capt. Cyprian Southake

The 1694 copy of Southack's original chart was made by Augustine Fitzhugh. Boston Public Library copy is an exact duplicate, with exception of title and north point, of Boston Harbor in New England, 1689(?), in... More

A south west view of the lighthouse, situate at the entrance of Boston...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A new survey of the harbour of Boston in New England : done by order o...

New suruey of the harbour of Boston in New England Courtesy of Private Collection

To the merchants of Boston this view of the light house is most humbly...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A new suruey of the harbour of Boston in New England

This chart of Boston Harbor is a rare Irish printing that was pirated from the anonymous English chart that first appeared in Mount and Page's 1707 edition of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, as well as thei... More

Georges Louis le Rouge - Baye et port de Boston

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Plan de la ville de Boston et ses environs

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Carta rappresentante il porto di Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

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A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...

Carte de la Baye de Baston : située dans la Nouvelle Angleterre

Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston Bay and its many islands in detail. The coast line extends from Nahant in the north all the way south to Hingham and Hull. Courtesy of ... More

Plan de la ville et du port de Boston : capitale de la Nouvelle Anglet...

The talent and skill of Jean Lattré, a French publisher and engraver, are displayed in this attractive map of the immediate environs of Boston. The city and harbor command a sparse but forceful appearance in wh... More

Boston. Perspective. View of Boston Harbor and the British fleet, 1768

Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Boston Harbour, with the surroundings, &c. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Dept... More

[Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Historic map, Library of Congress nauti...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in fathoms. Watermark: [Fleur-de-lis with] GR [below and] J. Whatman. Includes view of ... More

Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor

Drawing shows a distant view of Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Lib... More

A new and accurate plan of the town of Boston in New England : A new p...

Plan of the town of Boston and circumjacent country shewing the presen...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill

Print shows tents and wooden fence in foreground and Boston Harbor in the background. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... ... More

A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:24,500. Title from accompanying title page. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. Includes index entitled "... More

The seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer : with the ma...

Plan of Boston Harbour, from an actual survey | Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A new plan of Boston Harbour from an actual survey.

Scale ca. 1:110,000. "N.B. Charlestown burnt June 17th, 1775 by the regulars." Index for points of interest. Cited in David McNeely Stauffer's American engravers upon copper and steel as appearing in the Pennsy... More

A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns hou...

A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill | A view of Boston from Dorchester Neck Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A plan of the town and chart of the harbour of Boston exhibiting a vie...

This chart documents the Port of Boston at the dawn of the American Revolution. Under the strain of the Boston Port Act imposed during the winter of 1774-75, New Englanders continued to agitate against their Br... More

Boston & harbour. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:96,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title in pencil. Has watermark. Shows soundings of main channel and shoals. Outer islands are named. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 944 Availabl... More

A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A plan of the town and harbour of Boston and the country adjacent with...

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A plan of the bay and harbor of Boston, surveyed agreeably to the orde...

Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings and color. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

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A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Joseph Lea...

Boston Harbor Shipping Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Joseph Lea...

Boston Harbor Shipping Report Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Boston Light Coloring Sheet - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

First lit in 1716, Boston Light has helped ships navigate Boston Harbor for over 300 years. It stands on Little Brewster Island and is the oldest light station in America. In 1776, British soldiers partially de... More

[A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity] nautical chart

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A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity nautical chart

While a few of the charts in Des Barress Atlantic Neptune featured long stretches of the coast line , many focused on specific localities, such as this chart of Boston Bay. This is the earliest issue of Des Bar... More

Bowles's map of the seat of war in New England, comprehending the prov...

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laqu...

Highlighted on this fine topographic map of Boston and vicinity are the British and American troops. The American troops are colored red -- the first corps in Cambridge, the second corps opposite Charlestown ne... More

A chart of the Harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, a...

Beneath Our Feet: The oldest surviving charts depicting the Mediterranean Sea date to the 13th century; however, these earliest maps created by mariners for navigational purposes did not reflect features beneat... More

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laqu...

We Are One: This beautiful, meticulously-drawn French map of Boston's harbor and environs uses the Liberty Tree and liberty pole icons to champion the Americans' cause. In the decorative title cartouche, a Nati... More

Boston, seen between Castle Williams and Governor's Island, distant 4 ...

Appearance of the high lands of Agameticus, N.E. with Penobscot Hills, to the eastwards, at 3 to 4 leagues off shore | Boston Bay, the light house bearing N.W.b.W distant one league | The entrance of Boston Har... More

Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Ameri...

[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the e...

Prints show distant views of Castle Island and Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, hills along the southeast coast of Maine, and the entrance to Boston Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for th... More

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebel works raised against ...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, a...

Scale ca. 1:28,000. LC copy annotated with "No. 2" to the left of the title; concentric circles, drawn in ink, centered on compass roses; and, a stamp "Engr. Dept. U. States Topl. Bureau." Annotated on verso: B... More

Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation : ...

Boston and other nearby towns, many of which were depicted pictorially, are located on this French chart of Boston Bay. Boston, with city blocks colored in different shades, covers most of the peninsula. The ha... More

Pierre Ozanne - Boston Harbor, 18th century

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Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation. T...

Scale ca. 1:28,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Based on A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. [1777] From the author's Pilote améri... More

A view of Boston - Public domain document scan of drawing

Print shows ships in Boston Harbor, with distant view of the city. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781.... More

A view of Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Viewing Boston from the ocean was not a novel concept originated by 19th century bird’s eye view artists. This Revolutionary War era landscape scene, published with a collection of nautical charts, depicted Bos... More

Carte particulière du havre de Boston avec les sondes les bancs de Sab...

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Boston et ses environs - Public domain vintage map

Reflecting French interest in the American Revolutionary War, this French publication was copied from a similar map of Boston and vicinity published in London in 1778. The original map was based on the British ... More

Carte particuliere du havre de Boston : avec les sondes les bancs de S...

This detailed navigational chart shows shallows, sandbars, rocks, and other directions useful to ship captains trying to navigate their way through Boston Harbor. Clearly marked shoals within the harbor occupy ... More

Carte particuliere du havre de Boston : avec les sondes les bancs de S...

This detailed navigational chart shows the shallows, sandbars, rocks, and other directions useful to ship captains trying to navigate their way through Boston Harbor. Published by the French Dépôt des Cartes et... More

[Puerto del Boston. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:34,000. Title on attached label on verso: The city and harbour of Boston. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows settlements and fortific... More

Hafen von Boston - Public domain map engraving

This map of Boston Harbor and vicinity is one of an unrecorded pair of German engravings, originally printed in a book, pertaining to Boston. Together they present a detailed picture of the setting of the Bosto... More

A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart

This survey of Boston Harbor, first published in 1775 in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune, was the pre-eminent chart of the harbor produced in the 18th century. It was used by the Royal Navy during the American Re... More

A new and accurate chart of the harbour of Boston in New England in No...

Also shows islands, rocks, channels, shoals, and towns and roads along coast. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In upper right margin: Political Mag., Nov. 1782. Phillips. Maps of America. LC... More

Boston with its environs - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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A chart of the Harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks an...

One of the last of the 18th-century nautical surveys of Boston Harbor, this chart contains many aids to navigation, including soundings, sailing marks, and other directions. The atlas from which it is taken was... More

View of Boston, from the bay - Boston pictorial archive

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View of Boston, from the bay - Engraving, Public domain image

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Plano de la bahia y puerto de Boston

Chart of Boston Harbour : surveyed in 1817 nautical chart

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Plan of the harbour of Boston, from surveys made under the direction o...

Report of the Commissioners for the Survey of Boston Harbor Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Leuchtthurm von Boston. Phare de Boston. Boston lighthouse

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The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Maj...

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Boston Harbour : from the survey of A.S. Wadsworth, Esq., U.S.N. and t...

Although published in 1847, this chart of Boston Harbor was based on much earlier surveys - a U.S. Navy survey of 1817 and British surveys from the Revolutionary War period. The American Coast Pilot, in which t... More

Plan of the Inner Harbor of Boston nautical chart

Published the same year as Edmund Blunt's small chart of Boston Harbor, this large-scale harbor chart was based on recent surveys conducted by the U.S. Coast Survey and showed considerably more detail for the i... More

A chart exhibiting the normal course & velocity of the tidal current a...

Extract from the plan of the coast survey of Boston Harbor, 1847

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View of the new alms house for the City of Boston in the State of Mass...

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Long Wharf, from State St. block

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Boston Harbor and East Boston, from Bunker Hill Monument

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Harbor, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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India Wharf and dock, Boston, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Marine view, Boston Harbor, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Boston, from State Street block, [illegible]

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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Minot's Lighthouse, Cohasset, Mass., Sterescope Card, Boston Public Li...

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Boston Harbor and East Boston, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Copy of part of plan of inner harbor of Boston, showing commissioners'...

Boat tied to another, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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U.S. Ship Constitution. "Old Ironsides", Sterescope Card, Boston Publi...

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Shipping, Boston Harbor, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Shipping Boston, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Boston Harbour : from the survey of A.S. Wadsworth Esq. U.S.N. and the...

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