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
De la grande rivière de Canada : appellée par les europeens de St. Lau...
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Title from accompanying text. Accompanying text published by J.F. Bénard, 1715. Includes 1 relief profile and 5 insets. Available also throug... More
De la grande rivière de Canada : appellée par les europeens de St. Lau...
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text, 5 insets, and 1 relief profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
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 chart of the sea coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, ...
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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
A chart of the sea coast of New Found Land, New Scotland, New England,...
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A chart of the iland of Hispaniola : with the Windward passage from Ia...
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A correct map of the coast of New England nautical chart
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An exact draught of the gulf of Darien & the coast to Porto Bello with...
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A new chart of the Bahama Islands and the Windward Passage
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Bermudas - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical chart
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Barbados - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical chart
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A chart of the Caribe Islands - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Colle...
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Bay Bulls - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical chart
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Port Bonavista - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical ...
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A draught of the Bay of Honda nautical chart
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A new mapp of Carolina - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
New map of Carolina Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...
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Plano de la agvada nveva de Pverto Rico es copia del ... sesaco el ann...
Scale ca. 1:75,000. Title on verso: Aguada Nueva in Puerto Rico, 125. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the bottom. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows coast from Punta Guaniquilla... More
Plano de la aguada de St. Francisco en la ysla de St. Iuan de Puerto R...
Scale ca. 1:50,000. Title on verso: St. Francisco in Porto Rico, 120. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the left. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows the coast from "C[ab]o de Guan... More
Particular draughts and plans of some of the principal towns and harbo...
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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
Nova Scotia Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by hachures. Includes illustrated cartouche. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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
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[Cape Corientes, 175-?] Historic map, Library of Congress nautical cha...
Scale ca. 1:38,000. Title from verso. Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.... More
This chart of Chibucto Harbour, on the coast of Accadia, or Nova Scoti...
Scale ca. 1:27,000. Depths shown by soundings. Includes indexed inset of "Plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia," ca. 1:8,000, and inscription to the "Earl of Halifax." Available also through the Library o... More
The River St. Laurence nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:400,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown and cross over several undecipherable letters and VI. Relief shown pictorially. Depths sh... More
A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax
Depths shown by soundings. Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, 6 coat of arms, and drawings of three native insects and a porcupine. Oriented with north to the right. Appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750, ... More
A new and exact plan of Cape Fear River, from the bar to Brunswick,
Scale ca. 1:90,000. "Lat. 33⁰54ʹ observ'd by Mr. Wheatly 1752." Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: London. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1502 Available also through the Library of ... More
A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...
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A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean nautical chart
London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer (1747) Courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society
Carte reduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amerique : apelées ...
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Plano de Philadelphia. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical char...
Scale ca. 1:220,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Copied from Joshua Fishers' "To the merchants & insurers of the city of Philadelphia, this chart of Delaware Bay and river." Depths shown in fathoms. Oriented with ... More
A survey of the coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina, taken the ...
Scale ca. 1:26,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Plate no. "27." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1508 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More
An exact chart of the river St. Lawrence, from Port Frontenac to the i...
Scale ca. 1:695,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Includes text. Insets: The Seven Islands.--A continuation of the river from Quebec to Lake Ontario.--St. Nicholas or Engl... More
An exact chart of the river St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the i...
Scale ca. 1:695,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Includes text. Insets: The Seven Islands.--A continuation of the river from Quebec to Lake Ontario.--St. Nicholas or Engl... 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
Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada ...
Scale ca. 1:3,300,000. Title on verso: Florida & Cuba, 140. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Ferro. Shows Cuba, Bahama Islands, northern Yucatan Peninsula, ... 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
A new chart of the river St. Laurence, from the island of Anticosti to...
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. Originally on 12 plates. "This chart was drawn from particular surveys of the following places; and published for the u... More
A Sketch of the harbour of Port Francoise on the Island of Hispaniola
Scale ca. 1:28,000. Title on verso: 82, Port Francoise in Hispaniola. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on tracing paper. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings sh... More
Bermuda Islands. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:22,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Depths shown by soundings. Shows location of forts, city of St. George's, and boundaries of "tribes" and "St. Georges... More
Carte hydrographique de la baye de la Havane : avec le plan de la vill...
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Carte réduite de l'isle de Cube - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Co...
Cuba's importance to the Spanish colonial empire was its strategic location, providing a haven for the assembling of the Spanish ships in the Havana harbor, as the fleet prepared for its return voyage to Spain.... More
A map of the isle of Cuba : with the Bahama Islands, Gulf of Florida, ...
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Plan de la baye de St. Yago dans l'isle de Cube.
Scale ca. 1:44,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Tome I, no. 54." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1842 Available also through the ... More
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
Partie du fleuve St. Laurent avec le passage de la traverse et les isl...
Scale ca. 1:140,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows ship channels. "Tome I, no. 7." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 242 Availab... More
La partie Francoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue nautical chart
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Partie du fleuve de Saint Laurent avec le bassin de Quebec et l'isle d...
Scale ca. 1:140,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Tome I, no. 8." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 243 Available also through the L... More
A draught of the Bay of Honduras and part of the Musquetto Shore.
Scale ca. 1:435,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over a cross, all over an undecipherable mark and the letters LVC. Depths shown by so... More
Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Coll...
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A plan of the harbour of Cape Lookout surveyed and sounded by His Maje...
Scale ca. 1:14,200. Title on verso: Cape Lookout Harbour, No. Carolina, 159. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over a cross and the letters LVC. Depths sho... More
Carte des isles situées au nord de St. Domingue : avec les passages p...
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Entrée de la baye de St. Yago dans l'isle de Cube.
Scale ca. 1:17,500. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1843 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed. "Tome I, no. 55." From the author's Le... More
Environs de Leogane et du Port Au Prince dans l'Isle de St. Domingue
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Plan de la Rade et Ville du Petit Goave dans i'Isle de St. Domingue
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Draught of the Bay of Honduras and the Musqueto Shoar
Scale ca. 1:430,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "Variation 6d. 30 m. easterly in the year 1764."... More
Carte réduite des costes occidentale d'Afrique : seconde feuille, dep...
This chart predates the standardization of the measurement of longitude from the Greenwich Meridian, located near London. During the 18th century, map makers could choose one of several points from which to mea... More
Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique : seconde feuille depu...
Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique : Première feuille contenant les costes de Barbarie depuis le Detroit de Gibraltar et les Isles Canaries Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A Sketch of the harbour of St. Iago de Cuba.
Scale ca. 1:15,500. Title on verso: Plan & chart, St. Jago de Cuba, 81. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on tracing paper. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. LC Maps of North America, ... More
Descripcion de las costas, islas placeres, i bajos delas, Indias Occid...
Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Shows the Atlantic coast of southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. "Sibre para Domingo de Belasco Pilo to d... More
Carte réduite de l'Ocean occidental contenant partie des costes d'Euro...
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Carte réduite de l'Ocean occidental contenant partie des costes d'Euro...
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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
Chart of the coast of Tobago nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:75,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Soundings in fathoms. Includes navigational notes and insets of Man of Warr Bay and Barbados Bay. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 2109 LC Luso-Hi... More
Plan of the town and harbour of San Juan de Puerto Rico ; Plan of the ...
Plan of the Aguada Nueva de Puerto Rico Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A survey of the coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina, taken the ...
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Païs cedés, sheet Ist, containing the coast of Louisiana and Florida
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A new and exact plan of Cape Fear River, from the bar to Brunswick
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Plan of La Vera Cruz, from Spanish draughts ; Plan of Port Royal Lagun...
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Païs cedés, sheet IId, containing the Peninsula & Gulf of Florida, w...
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An exact chart of the river St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the i...
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Plan of Bahía Honda ; Plan of Puerto de Cavañas nautical chart
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Plan of the town, road, and harbour of Chagre ; Plan of Porto Belo
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A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia; with Jebucto Bay an...
Scale ca. 1:62,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by command of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, for the benefit of the trade and navigation of G... More