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
British Isles - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical c...
This modern navigational chart serves as a reminder that England is an island nation off the coast of Europe and that seafaring was an important activity in its history, especially since the late 16th century. ... More
North Atlantic Ocean, West Indies - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal C...
Using the latest advances in modern technology for gathering depth soundings and generating automated cartography, this chart was prepared primarily for navigational purposes, testifying to sailors' continual q... More
Portolan atlas - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical ...
Manuscript portolan atlas containing six maps: Brazil and the south Atlantic Ocean -- South America with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -- Mediterranean region -- Northeast North America and North Atlantic Oce... More
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum terris adiacentibus n...
Insvlae Americanae in oceano septentrionali, cum terris adiacentibus Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare che comincia con il capo S. Andrea è finiscie con i...
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Carta particolare dell' Isola di Bermuda sin all' India Occidentale et...
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Carta particolare del' mare Occeani dal' isole d'Asores di Flores, e c...
Carta particolare del' mare Occeani dal' isole d'Asores di Flores, e coruo sin alla tierra nuova in America Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della Meta Incognita Australe con una parte della Am...
The first printed sea chart of the waters between Labrador and Greenland, it shows coastal towns, prevailing winds, ocean currents, and magnetic deviations of the compass. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare dell' rio d'Amazone con la costa sin al fiume Maranh...
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Carta particolare dell' Rio della Plata che comincia con la costa in g...
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Carta particolare del' Peru che comincia con il rio Pigua è finisce c...
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Carta particolare dello Stretto di Magellano è di Maire nautical char...
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Carta particolare della costa di Florida è di Virginia nautical chart
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Carta particolare dello stretto di Iezo fra l'America è l'isola Iezo
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Carta particolare della costa di America Australe che comincia al C. d...
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Carta particolare dell'India Ocidentale, con la terra ferma dal' capo ...
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Carta particolare della Brasilia australe che comincia dal' Poro. del'...
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Carta particolare del' Peru che comincia con il capo di Guanapo è fin...
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Al sermo. Ferdinando. II. Grandvca di Toscana svo signore Don Roberto ...
Al sermo. Ferdinando. II. Granduca di Toscana suo signore Don Roberto Dudleo, Duca di Northumbria Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della parte ocidentale della nuova Spagnia, è del l...
Carta particolare della parte ocidentale della nuoua Spagnia, è del la California Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare del' mare del' Zur che comincia con il' capo S. Fran...
Carta particolare del' mare del' Zur che comincia con il' capo S. Francesco nel' Peru è finisce con il' capo S. Lazaro nella nuova Spagnia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Antonio Francesco Lucini - Carta particolare della Brasilia settentrio...
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Carta particolare dello istreto e mare iscoperto de Hen. Hudson Ingile...
The first printed sea chart of Hudson Bay and Hudson strait, it shows coastal towns, prevailing winds, ocean currents, and magnetic deviations of the compass. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della America è parte maestrale dal C. di Cedros
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Carta particolare della Brasilia, che comincia con il capo S. Antonio ...
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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
Carta particolare dell'Isola Ispaniola è S. Gioni. nel'India ocidentl...
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Carta particolare della terra nuoua con la Gran Baia et il Fiume Grand...
Carta particolare della terra nuova con la Gran Baia et il Fiume Grande della Canida Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della costa di Chilue è di Chica è parte australe ...
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Carta particolare dell' mare del' Zur che comincia con il capo Lucar e...
Carta particolare dell' mare del' Zur che comincia con il capo Lucar è finisce con Cagidos della nuova Spagnia, è la Baia di Honduras Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Alla serma. sigra. principsa. d'Vrbino Grandvchessa di Toscana sva sig...
Alla serma. sigra. principsa. d'Urbino Granduchessa di Toscana sua sigra. d: Roberto Dudleo Duca di Northumbria Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare del'India Occidentale che comincia con il Capo S. Ro...
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Carta particolare del'Isola di Cuba è di Iamaica con il capo della Fl...
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Antonio Francesco Lucini - Carta particolare della costa di Cili nauti...
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Carta particolare della Baia di Messico con la costa nautical chart
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Carta particolare della costa del' Peru parte australe con parte di Ci...
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Carta particolare del'India Occidentale che contiene il Golfo de Verag...
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West-Indische paskaert : waer in de graden der breedde over weder zyde...
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De cust van Barbaria, Gualata, Arguyn en Geneheo van Capo S Vincente t...
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Insulae Promontorii Viridis, Hispanis, Issas Cabo Verde, Belgis, De So...
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Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Ter...
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Pas caerte van Groenland, Ysland, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen eyland ho...
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Nieuwe Werelt kaert nautical chart - Public domain map
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Novissima et accuratissima Insulae Jamaicae - Vintage map, Norman B. L...
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Pascaerte van Westindien de Vaste Kusten en de Eylanden nautical chart
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A chart of the Caribe islands - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Colle...
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De Texel Stroom met de gaten vant Marsdiep. Caarte de Mase, ende het G...
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Paskaart van Brasil van Rio de los Amazones tot Rio de la Plata
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Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies van Cabo Cod ...
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Pas-caart va Canaal vertoonende in't Gheheel, Engelandt, Schotlant, Yr...
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Pas-caart van Hispangien, vertoonende de Custen van Granade, Andaluzie...
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A chart of the South Sea - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Map of the Pacific Ocean, being the first English map of the Pacific Ocean, loosely based on Jansson's 1650 map of the Pacific but much updated with additional coverage of the Gulf Coast and the southeastern co... More
Pascaerte van Nova Hispania, Chili, Peru, en Guatimala nautical chart
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Paskaerte van de Zuÿdt en Noordt Revier in Nieu Nederlant streckende ...
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A chart of the sea coast of Brazil from Cape St. Augustine to the stra...
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Pascaert vande Caribes Eylanden - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
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Pas-caart van Gvinea en de Custen daer aen gelegen van Cabo Verde tot ...
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A chart of the West Indies from Cape Cod to the River Oronoque
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Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Ter...
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Pascaerte van Terra Nova Nova Francia Nievw Engeland En de Groote Revi...
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Barbariae et Guineae maritimi à freto Gibraltar ad fluvium Gambiae cu...
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De zee-atlas ofte water-wereld [title page] nautical chart
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Pascaerte van't Eylant St. Juan de Puerto Rico. nautical chart
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Terra nova, ac maris tractus circa Novam Franciam, Angliam, Belgium, V...
Terra neuf, en de custen van Nieu Vranckryck, Nieu Engeland, Nieu Nederland, Nieu Andalusia, Guiana en Venezuela Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Pascaarte vande Noorder Zee custen van America, vande West-hoeck van Y...
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Paskaart van de cust van Portugal, Barbaria en Genehoa : beginnende va...
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Pascaarte vande zee custen van Guinea, en Brasilia : van Cabo de Verde...
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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
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
Vincenzo Coronelli - Mare del Nord - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...
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Mare del Svd, detto altrimenti Mare Pacifico nautical chart
Mare del Sud, detto altrimenti Mare Pacifico Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carte de la mer d'Ecosse contenant les isles et costes septentrionales...
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Vincenzo Coronelli - Isole Antili, la Cuba, la Spagnuola nautical char...
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The Windward passage from Jamaica, betwene the east end of Cuba, and t...
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A new generall chart for the West Indies of E. Wright's projection vul...
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Part of New England - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, east & west New Jarsey nautical char...
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, east and west New Jersey | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Insulae de Cabo Verde, Olim Hesperides, sive Gorgades : Belgice de zou...
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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 chart of the coast of Barbaria with the western, Canaria, & Cape de ...
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The harbour of Casco Bay and islands adjacent nautical chart
For many years English settlers in coastal Maine were targets for attack by the French-backed Abenaki and other indigenous groups. Consequently, Southack made many trips to Casco Bay, including one in 1702, whe... More
The harbour of Casco Bay and islands adjacent nautical chart
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A chart of the Atlantick Ocean describing the Coast of Africa from Cap...
This portolan-style chart, with two colorful compass roses and radiating rhumb lines, undoubtedly dates from the early 18th century. It was apparently part of a series of charts prepared to aid sailors in navig... More
A view of the castle of Belem and the city of Lisbon as it appears fro...
Map of the mouth of the famous river Tagus, or the harbour of the city of Lisbon Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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 description of the Bay of Fundy : shewing ye coast, islands, harbour...
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[Island of St. Peters] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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A generall chart of the western ocean nautical chart
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Harbor Grace - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical ch...
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Cattalina Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautica...
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A chart shewing part of the sea coast of Newfoundland from ye Bay of B...
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A large draft of the island Antegua nautical chart
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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 draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town
This chart of the entrance to New York was included in the 1737 edition of The English Pilot: The Fourth Book. Tiddeman's chart served as the standard chart of the area for nearly fifty years, until the publica... More
A draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River and to Kuiq...
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The island of Jamaica - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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A new and correct draught of the bay of Matanzas : on ye north side of...
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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