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A rare chart of the New England coast published by George Grierson in his pirated edition of the English Pilot. The Fourth Book. The chart depicts the northeast coastline and nearby waters from New York City to Mount Desert Island. Designed for use at sea, it provides considerable information on soundings, banks and shoals, and […]
A rare American chart of the waters off Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Chart from New York to Timber Island Including Nantucket Shoals was engraved and first published in 1791 by John Norman, Boston’s most notable post-war map engraver. It is usually found in Norman’s American Pilot, one of the earliest atlases published in […]
![Major James D[uncan] Graham, U.S. Topographical Engineers, A Map of The Extremity of Cape Cod Including the Townships of Provincetown, Truro with A Chart of Their Sea Coast and of Cape Cod Harbour, State of Massachusetts. Washington, D.C., 1836.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BRM1767-Graham-Cape-Cod_lowres-scaled-e1644340053754-150x150.jpg)
A remarkably detailed chart of the waters around Truro and Provincetown on the outer reaches of Cape Cod, by one of America’s great topographical engineers of the 19th century. This mammoth chart is based on extensive surveys conducted by the Topographical Engineers in 1833-35, “to aid in the projection of the works for the military […]
A rare 1851 chart of the complex and shifting waters between Chatham Lights and Monomoy Shoals, and the first of many produced by George Eldridge. This chart, and the legendary publishing career of George Eldridge (1821-1900), had its origins in an accident at sea: “George Eldridge, master of a fishing vessel, was convalescing at home […]
![Paul Paige, a map of CAPE COD. East Brewster, Mass.: Paul Paige, [ca. 1940?]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BRM3355-Paige-Cape-Cod-ca-1940_lowres-e1564432480853-150x150.jpg)
A delightful pictorial map of Cape Cod featuring bold design and vibrant color. It highlights the Cape’s fundamental virtues as a vacation destination, including “500 miles of shoreline[,] 300 miles of beaches[,] 1000 miles of highway[,] as many miles of byways[, and] 300 lakes.” The details identify towns and villages; sightseeing destinations; and, by means […]