Tierra nueua - Public domain vintage map
Ruscelli's map of northeastern North America appeared in his 1561 edition of Claudius Ptolemy's "Geographia". The map was based on a smaller 1548 map by Giacomo Gastaldi, who took much of his information from t... More
La Nuoua Francia - Public domain vintage map
This map, among the earliest separate maps of northeastern North America, was primarily based on the voyages that were taken by Giovanni da Verrazano for the French in 1524. His discoveries confirmed the contin... More
Norumbega et Virginia - Public domain vintage map
Wytfliet's publication was essentially the first atlas devoted solely to the Americas. It consisted of a world map, 18 regional maps, and a text on the discovery, natural history, and geography of the New World... More
New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
Based on John Smith's 1614 voyage along the New England coast, this is the first printed map devoted specifically to this region. It is also the first to use the name “New England” for an area that had up until... More
New France, New Englande, New Scotlande, and New Foundlande
Alexander, one of the leading members of the Council of New England and the first Viscount of Canada, had been given large grants of land by James I and Charles I of England. He proposed a system for the coloni... More
The north part of America : conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virg...
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Carte de la Nouuelle France, augmentée depuis la derniere, seruant a ...
France's territorial claims in North America, which initially focused on the St. Lawrence River Valley and the Great Lakes, can be traced to Samuel de Champlain's explorations and trading activities in that reg... More
The south part of New England as it planted this yeare, 1634
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The south part of New-England, as it is planted this yeare, 1635
South part of Nevv-England Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
This elaborately decorated map is based on the 1614 explorations of Adrian Block, a fur trader working for the Dutch, who sailed from the north shore of Long Island to explore the southern coast of New England.... More
Noua Anglia, Nouum Belgium, et Virginia - Jan Jansson
Covering the eastern portion of North America's coastline from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, this influential map appeared in English, German, Latin, Dutch, and French editions of world atlases published by Ho... More
Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
Nova Anglia Novvm Belgivm et Virginia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The south part of New England, as it planted this yeare, 1639
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Carta particolare della nuoua Belgia è parte della nuoua Anglia
Carta particolare della nuova Belgia è parte della nuova Anglia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
Public domain image of a map by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571 – 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Wi... More
Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et partis Virginiae : novissima delineatio
Printed at the peak of the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, this famous and influential map of the northeastern coast of North America was flattered by no fewer than twenty-seven copies published in Holland, En... More
Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
This is an early re-issue of the influential map of northeastern North America, first published by Jan Jansson in 1651. While Visscher copied much of Jansson's original map, he did invert several decorative det... More
Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt - Public domain old map
A rare map published in Colom's "Zee Atlas" is recognized as one of the first navigational charts of New Netherlands. The chart covers the North American coast line from Cape Hatteras on the southwest to Cape C... More
Novi Belgii Novaeqve Angliae nec non partis Virginiae Tabula
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A mapp of New England - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Pas caert van Nieu Nederland, Virginia en Nieu Engelant
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Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
Novi Belgii Novaeqve Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della Nuoua Belgia è parte della Nuoua Anglia
Compiled by an Englishman but published in Italy, this was the earliest printed sailing chart showing New England. It appeared in Dudley's marine atlas, which was the first such atlas made of charts drawn on th... More
A small map of the sea coast of New England together with the outlines...
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Pas-caert van Terra Nova, Nova Francia, Nieuw-Engeland en de groote ri...
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Pascaerte van Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Terra...
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More
Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies van Cabo Cod ...
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Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies van Cabo Cod ...
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A mapp of New England - Public domain vintage map
A foundation in the early history of the mapping of New England, this map is the first printed version of William Reed's original survey of 1665. The survey was commissioned by Massachusetts authorities to supp... More
Pascaerte van Terra Nova Nova Francia Nievw Engeland En de Groote Revi...
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A chart of the coast of America from New found Land to Cape Cod
Published in Seller's Atlas Maritimus, the earliest general marine atlas produced in England, this was the first English chart of New England waters. It clearly shows the northern navigation routes with soundin... More
A map of New England and New York - Public domain map
This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from... More
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...
Based on a 1665 survey by William Reed, this is the earliest map drawn, engraved and printed in North America. The survey was commissioned by the government of Massachusetts to justify the colony's northern and... More
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...
This map was the first to be printed in the British Colonies, and though crude in appearance was for its time the best available map of the region. Based on a 1665 survey by Bostonian William Reed, it was repur... More
Pas-kaart vande zee kusten inde boght van Niew Engeland : tusschen de ...
Published by the leading Dutch producer of navigational aids, this chart of New England is unlike any other of the region. It was the only Dutch chart of the colony published in the 17th century. Near the end o... More
A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland ...
England's widening sphere of influence in eastern North America is reflected on a late 17th century map published in London. By this time, the British had extended their territorial claims from the original Che... More
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 new mapp of New England and Annapolis and the countrys adjacent
As an example of early English mapping of the British Colonies in North America, Browne's map shows the northeastern part of the continent from the St. Lawrence River to the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, the m... 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
![Vincenzo Coronelli - [Globe gore featuring North American coastline]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE2OTcvMDEvMDEvZ2xvYmUtZ29yZS1mZWF0dXJpbmctbm9ydGgtYW1lcmljYW4tY29hc3RsaW5lLWI5MzU3ZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Vincenzo Coronelli - [Globe gore featuring North American coastline]")
Vincenzo Coronelli - [Globe gore featuring North American coastline]
Displayed here is a globe gore (segments of paper printed with map images and cut to fit over the globe's sphere) showing North America's northeast coast and the North Atlantic. The gore is the work of Coronell... More
New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
Map of New Netherland by Nicolas J. Visscher (reproduced in close facsimile of a colored original in New York Public Library) Courtesy of Boston Public Library
New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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A new mapp of New England from Cape Codd to Cape Sables : describing a...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
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An exact mapp of New England and New York
Recognized as the first 18th century map of New England, this map was used to illustrate Cotton Mather's famous history of the Bay Colony, "Magnalia Christi Americana: or the Ecclesiastical History of New Engla... More
Part of New England - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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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
![[Map of eastern Massachusetts and vicinity] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE3MTEvMDEvMDEvbWFwLW9mLWVhc3Rlcm4tbWFzc2FjaHVzZXR0cy1hbmQtdmljaW5pdHktZjczMjY0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "[Map of eastern Massachusetts and vicinity] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection")
[Map of eastern Massachusetts and vicinity] - Vintage map, Norman B. L...
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A chart of the sea coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, ...
First published in 1689, John Thornton's chart of the north Atlantic seacoast illustrates the type of nautical charts available to navigators in the Fourth Book of the English Pilot, which was the standard reso... More
A new map of the English empire in America viz. Virginia, Maryland, Ca...
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Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem Americæ partem : in qu...
This pair of late-17th-century Dutch maps depicts the French and British colonies in northeastern North America extending from the Carolinas to Newfoundland. The map's central focus includes New England along w... More
The town of Boston in New England - Public domain map
Made in Boston: Bonner's map depicts Boston before centuries of landfill transformed its coastline. His distinctive design combines plan and perspective views to convey maximum information and achieve decorativ... More
Nouvelle Hollande (à présent Nouvelle-York), Nouvelle-Angleterre, et...
Van der Aa, a publisher of several early 18th-century atlases, based his 1729 map of New York and New England on a 1671 map by Arnoldus Montanus. The title cartouche was removed along with the scale of miles an... More
An actual survey of the sea coast from New York to the I. Cape Brition...
Southack, who lived in Boston after 1685, is recognized as America's first chartmaker. His extensive experience as a navigator and privateer in America's waters enabled him to produce several charts of the New ... More
A correct map of the coast of New England nautical chart
A large fold-out chart of the New England coast appeared from 1732 to 1760 in "The English Pilot, The Fourth Book", the standard 18th-century British navigational guide to American waters. "The English Pilot" a... More
A map of the coast of New England, from Staten Island to the island of...
This fine chart of the New England coast was based on surveys conducted by Cyprian Southack, sea captain and resident of the city of Boston. His original chart, first printed in Boston in 1734, is known in only... More
A chart of the sea coast of New Found Land, New Scotland, New England,...
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A correct map of the coast of New England nautical chart
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A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with ...
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A chart of Canada River : from ye island of Anticosty as far up as Que...
After the conquest of Louisburg, Governor Shirley began organizing an attack on Quebec. During the preparations, this chart of the St. Lawrence River was engraved by Johnston, a "Boston house painter, japanner,... More
Plan of the city and fortress of Louisbourg
The massive French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island controlled access to Canada and provided a base for raiding the northern British colonies. It was thus a great triumph for New England when in Jun... More
A new chart of the coast of New England, Nova Scotia, New France or Ca...
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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 chart of the sea coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New York, New...
The 1749 pirated Dublin edition of "The English Pilot, The Fourth Book" included two relatively rare charts showing the New England coast. Although the charts in the Dublin edition resemble those in the London ... More
A Map of the British American plantations, extending from Boston in Ne...
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This plan of Kennebeck & Sagadahock Rivers & country adjacent
Just a year after producing a map supporting the Brunswick Proprietors’ claim, Thomas Johnston issued this plan supporting the position of their opponents in the Plymouth Company. The map depicts the Company’s ... More
A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on y...
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
A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on y...
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
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
Carte reduite des costes orientales de l'Amerique septentrionale : 1re...
One of a series of French nautical charts covering the eastern coast of North America, this sheet covers the coast lines of New York, New England, Bay of Fundy, and Nova Scotia. The chart's only inset depicts B... More
Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie : pour...
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A map of New England, and Nova Scotia : with part of New York, Canada,...
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
A correct map of the coast of New England nautical chart
A large fold-out chart of the New England coast appeared from 1732 to 1760 in "The English Pilot, The Fourth Book", the standard 18th-century British navigational guide to American waters. "The English Pilot", ... More
An actual survey of the sea coast from New York to the I. Cape Briton ...
Cyprian Southack first published this enormous chart in book form between 1729 and 1734 as The New England Coasting Pilot. This is a later version, with additions including inset charts of Boston Bay, Casco Bay... More
New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania
B New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania | Gros-britannische Colonie-Laender, in Nord America Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A plan of the town of Boston, in New-England, distinguishing that part...
Plan of the city of Boston, showing the part of the city near the Old Wharf that was destroyed by fire. Street names are labeled. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
An accurate map of His Majesty's province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...
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An accurate map of His Majesty's province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...
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A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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
A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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A new and correct chart of the sea coast of New-England from Cape Codd...
Captain Barnsley's chart of the New England coast replaced that of Cyprian Southack in the 1767 edition of The English Pilot, the standard English marine atlas throughout the eighteenth century. Oriented with n... More
Carte d'une partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale : pour servir à l'in...
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A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain : with the adjacent parts o...
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
![A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall [sic] buildings, & new streets, to the year, 1769](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE3NjkvMDEvMDEvYS1uZXctcGxhbi1vZi15ZS1ncmVhdC10b3duLW9mLWJvc3Rvbi1pbi1uZXctZW5nbGFuZC1pbi1hbWVyaWNhLXdpdGgtdGhlLW1hbnktM2QwMzg0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall [sic] buildings, & new streets, to the year, 1769")
A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with ...
After Bonner's death in 1726, his partner William Price assumed sole ownership of the Boston plan, which he reissued several times over the next 40 years. Facing competition from William Burgis' attractive plan... More
Chart of Plymouth Bay - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
The chief product produced in colonial New England was dried cod. As a result, permanent, residential fishing settlements were established throughout New England in the 17th century, including one at Plymouth, ... More
A chart of the coast of New England, from Beverly to Scituate harbour,...
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A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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... More
A new and accurate plan of the town of Boston in New England : A new p...
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
A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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... More
A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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... More
A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provi...
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... More