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 plan of the town and harbour of Boston, and the country adjacent wit...
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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
Boston Harbour - Public domain vintage map
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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
A large draught of New England, New York and Long Island
The 1749 pirated Dublin edition of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book included these two relatively rare charts showing the New England coast. Although the charts in the Dublin edition resemble those in the Lon... More
A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
Boston mapmaking was influential in forming Great Britain's perception of the New England colonies. For example, though William Douglass made his map of New England for local consumption, London publisher Thoma... More
Georges Louis le Rouge - Baye et port de Boston
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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...
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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 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
A new and accurate plan of the town of Boston in New England : A new p...
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Plan of the town of Boston and circumjacent country shewing the presen...
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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
A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart
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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 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
Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...
Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 911 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... More
A chart of the harbour of Boston nautical chart
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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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A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteri...
Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
A view of Boston taken on the road to Dorchester
We Are One: This 1776 landscape scene, published in the maritime atlas The Atlantic Neptune, depicts Boston as it appeared to a person approaching the town from the south. Shepherds tend their flocks in the for... More
Bowles's map of the seat of war in New England, comprehending the prov...
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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
[Rough draught of Boston and harbour.
Scale ca. 1:18,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Shows location of troops a... 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...
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![[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzcvMDEvMDEvdmlld3MtZnJvbS1vZmZzaG9yZS1vZi10aGUtbmV3LWVuZ2xhbmQtY29hc3RsaW5lLWFuZC1pc2xhbmRzLWF0LXRoZS1lbnRyYW5jZS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Views from offshore of the New England coastline and islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor]")
[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 ...
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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
Plan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le disposi...
Scale ca. 1:42,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander. Accompanied by: Partie extrai... More
Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...
Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 913 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
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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Boston, with its environs - Public domain vintage map
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S.E. Prospect, from an eminence near the common, Boston / del. & engra...
Illustration showing man standing in foreground looking toward Boston Harbor and Charlestown, Mass. Illus. in: Massachusetts magazine, Nov. 1790, no. 1391.
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
Plano de la bahia y puerto de Boston
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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
From the Cambria steamer, starting from Boston, U.S. Bunker's Hill Mon...
Drawing shows view of ships in Boston Harbor. To the right, Bunker Hill Monument. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086
Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846
Drawing showing two panoramic views of Boston, Massachusetts, from a vantage point in the harbor; top, "WNW 5 miles" with ship under sail on the left, at "1st sight of Boston U.S. Friday July 17th 1846, Cambria... More
Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846
Drawing showing two panoramic views of Boston, Massachusetts, from a vantage point in the harbor; top, "WNW 5 miles" with ship under sail on the left, at "1st sight of Boston U.S. Friday July 17th 1846, Cambria... More
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...
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Extract from the plan of the coast survey of Boston Harbor, 1847
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Copy of part of plan of inner harbor of Boston, showing commissioners'...
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Boston Harbour : from the survey of A.S. Wadsworth Esq. U.S.N. and the...
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Copy of a plan of South Bay - Public domain old map
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Boston Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Map of Boston Harbor : showing commissioners' lines, wharves &c
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![[Plan of channels and flats as they were before the 200 feet outside of the Mill Dam was filled up]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTIvMDEvMDEvcGxhbi1vZi1jaGFubmVscy1hbmQtZmxhdHMtYXMtdGhleS13ZXJlLWJlZm9yZS10aGUtMjAwLWZlZXQtb3V0c2lkZS1vZi10aGUtNzZiZGJmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Plan of channels and flats as they were before the 200 feet outside of the Mill Dam was filled up]")
[Plan of channels and flats as they were before the 200 feet outside o...
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Sections of soundings made by order of the Harbor Committee of 1852
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Map of parts of Boston Harbor and its tributaries
Compiled from manuscript maps prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1847 and updated to 1854, this was one of four maps that accompanied the first report of the Commissioners on Boston Harbor and the Back Bay. T... More
Plan of South Bay showing the Harbor Commissioners lines
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Sketch of Boston Harbor and Bay - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
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New chart of Boston Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...
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Plan of Boston - Public domain vintage map
Boston's role as a transportation center during the mid-19th century is evident on this general reference atlas map. Wharves lining the eastern shore of the peninsula provide evidence of the city's long-time sh... More
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts nautical chart
The U.S. Coast Survey's first nautical chart of Boston Harbor was published in 1857. The original chart was based on the first truly scientific and comprehensive surveys of the entire harbor. These included ela... More
Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay : with map of the adjacen...
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Plan for the occupation of flats owned by the Commonwealth in Boston H...
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Sketch of the narrows in Boston Harbor
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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts nautical chart
Published in 1867, this was the second edition of the U.S. Coast Survey's nautical chart of Boston Harbor. Although it was updated, primarily with navigational aids, it retained the appearance of the first edit... More
Plan of main ship channel in Boston Harbor showing the work of removin...
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Changes in the bed of Boston Harbor from a comparison of the surveys o...
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Plan of Boston and its vicinity - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
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Plan of Boston and its vicinity - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collec...
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Chart of Boston Harbor : from the best authorities, 1873
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J. Schedler's relief map of Boston and environs
Three-dimensional relief maps are visual aids that assist schoolchildren in understanding physical terrain. The first relief maps were created in China, and appeared in Europe in the late 18th century. This map... More
City of Boston improved sewerage : plan showing region drained by, and...
Beneath Our Feet: With a clean water supply system in place by the mid-19th century, Boston then focused on disposal of waste water. Up to the mid-1870s, sewers were built privately, but with an increase in pop... More
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collec...
The third edition of the Coast Survey's Boston Harbor chart was published in 1878. In general appearance, it resembled the first two editions. However, the number of landscape views in the third edition,has bee... More
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts nautical chart
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Balloon view--Boston Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...
Balloon view Boston Harbor Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carte de la ville, baye et environs de Baston
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Plan showing encroachments upon the inner basins of Boston Harbor : ac...
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