![[After William Burgis], The South Prospect of the City of New York in America. [London: R. Baldwin, August 1761].](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BRM3711-South-Prospect-City-of-New-York_lowres-scaled-e1609199311621-150x150.jpg)
An early view of New York City, based on an earlier, unobtainable work by William Burgis
A most appealing 1761 view of New York City as seen looking west from Brooklyn Heights, capturing both the splendid natural setting and commercial energy of what at the time was really just a small town of around 14,000. The view depicts perhaps a couple of miles of the city’s East River waterfront, from the […]
Massachusetts Bay from The Atlantic Neptune
A very fine chart of Massachusetts Bay from the Atlantic Neptune, issued for use of British navigators early in the Revolutionary War. The Atlantic Neptune is arguably the finest atlas of North American waters ever produced, achieving in its more complete states full coverage of the East and Gulf Coasts. The Neptune’s great strength was […]
![Jos[eph] F[rederick] W[allet] Des Barres Esqr.,The Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, NEW-YORK, JERSEY, The GULPH and RIVER of St. LAWRENCE. The ISLANDS of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. John, Antecosty, Sable & c. and SOUNDINGS thereof. [London:] I.F.W. Des Barres Esqr., Nov. 1, 1780 [but probably mid-late 1784].](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BRM3679-Des-Barres-Nova-Scotia-New-England_lowres-scaled-e1604698513688-150x150.jpg)
The capstone of the British mapping of northeastern North America
A rare, monumental and momentous general chart of northeastern North America, representing the capstone of British efforts to map the region after the end of the French and Indian War, and described as “by far the most accurate cartographic rendering of its subject made for many decades.” (Alex Johnson) This example separately published, probably in […]
![[ Tacticle maps ] L[ouis] R[ichard] Klemm, [Set of 11 “Relief Practice Maps” of Africa, Asia, Orient/Holy Land, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, and four regions of the United States.] New York: William Beverly Harison, 1894-1895.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BRM3735-Klemm-tactile-maps-1894_95_lowres-150x150.jpg)
Rare set of 19th-century tactile maps by educator L. R. Klemm
An extremely rare set of tactile maps printed in relief, designed by education innovator Louis Richard Klemm for use by sighted as well as visually-impaired students. Though relief maps have been used for millennia, the printing thereof poses particular technical challenges. As a result until relatively recently such maps were entirely bespoke, produced for example […]
The push for full woman’s suffrage gathers steam in 1912-1913
Only the second known example of this broadside, ca. 1912-13, arguing for the expansion of woman’s suffrage in the United States and celebrating recent state-level victories in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan and Oregon. The focal point of the broadside is a persuasive map of the country, with each state shown in simple outline and shaded according […]
Mammoth 1913 school map of the United States by an ethnic-Armenian immigrant aspiring to citizenship
A mammoth hand-drawn and –painted school map of the United States produced in 1913 by an ethnic-Armenian immigrant from Turkey, aspiring to citizenship in his adopted country. At more than five by six-and-one-half feet the map is vast, but also simple in design, clearly designed to be hung on a wall and viewed at a considerable […]
A remarkable United Electric Light and Power archive, with maps
A unique report, heavily illustrated offering an inside view of the United Electric Light and Power Company in 1924 as it was well on its way to dominating power transmission in Manhattan. With four Manhattan maps, among them a monumental blueprint of the island’s electrical supply system. A native of Maplewood, New Jersey, William Barry […]
America–A Nation of One People From Many Countries, by Emma Bourne
A large, scarce, and eminently-displayable 1940 persuasive map by Emma Bourne with a refreshingly tolerant—and for its time rather novel–message aiming to combat prejudice and unite a nation. Praised by Hornsby as “one of the most striking maps of the era”. Many Americans favored an isolationist approach to international affairs leading up to the United […]
The Neptune Monograph
The Neptune Monograph, the definitive briefing book issued to senior American officers in preparation for the D-Day landings, with the famous two-sheet maps of Omaha and Utah Beaches. In the lead-up to Operation Neptune, better known as the D-Day landings on the coast of Normandy, a flood of reports, maps, and coastal profiles were prepared […]
![[ gulag ] [Sylwester Mora & Piotr Zwierniak,] MAP OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN SOVIET RUSSIA. [Rome: Wlochy, 1945.]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BRM3719-Concentration-Camps-Soviet-Russia-1945_lowres-scaled-e1607543141846-150x150.jpg)
Map documenting the extent of the Soviet gulag system
A powerful persuasive map produced at the end of the Second World War and documenting, though likely with some exaggeration, the extent of the Soviet gulag system. The Gulag was created under Vladimir Lenin almost immediately after the Revolution, taking its name from an acronym of the Russian phrase for “Chief Administration of Corrective Labor […]
Splendid pictorial map of Washington, D.C.
A most appealing 1949 pictorial map of Washington, D.C. rendered as a bird’s-eye view of the city as seen looking southwest across the Potomac River from an imaginary point high above Arlington, Virginia. The view depicts Washington, Georgetown and surroundings, including Arlington and Rosslyn in the foreground, with the recently-built Pentagon prominently shown, and, in […]
![[ Red China ] Robert M. Chapin, Jr., RED CHINA. New York: TIME Inc., 1955](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BRM3709_1-Chapin-Red-China-1955-scaled-e1607531940215-150x150.jpg)
Striking TIME map of Red China by Robert M. Chapin
A striking map of Communist China by Robert M. Chapin, enlarged from a double-page spread in the April 18, 1955 issue of TIME. Chapin’s map uses an unusual projection, simulating an astronaut’s-eye view of China as seen from perhaps a few hundred miles over the Pacific. China is largely colored yellow—an implicit slur, perhaps?—with the […]
![John Seller, A Chart of the Coast of AMERICA from New found Land to Cape Cod by Iohn Seller Hyrographer [sic] to the king. [London: John Seller, ca.1674]](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BRM3678-Seller-Coast-of-North-America-1674_lowres-150x150.jpg)
Landmark chart of New England and the Canadian Maritimes from John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus
Very scarce chart of the coasts of New England and the Canadian Maritimes from John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus, the best depiction of the region then available. Published in 1674, at a transitional moment in the history of the English colonies in North America. The chart depicts the coast from eastern Long Island round to Newfoundland […]
![[Docket title:] Order of the Tables at Fanueil Hall 1811 4th July. NP, ND, but probably Boston, June-July 1811.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BRM3693-Order-Tables-Fanueil-Hall-1811-150x150.jpg)
The 1811 Fourth of July celebration at Faneuil Hall, with John Adams and Paul Revere in attendance
A manuscript seating plan for the 1811 Fourth of July celebration in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, indicating the presence of both John Adams and Paul Revere. Reconstructed and enlarged in 1806 under the direction of architect Charles Bulfinch, Faneuil Hall served multiple functions: a public market on the ground level, city offices and a Great Hall […]
Monumental wall map of Fairfield County Connecticut
A lovely, richly-informative and very scarce wall map of Fairfield County, Connecticut published by Richard Clark in 1858 and in entirely original condition. Published in 1858, this was for its time by far the largest and most detailed map of Fairfield County. The area’s topography, particularly in the northwest part of the county, is shown […]
1870 map of California and Nevada by pioneering surveyor Leander Ransom
Scarce and significant 1870 pocket map of California and Nevada, compiled by Leander Ransom and published in San Francisco by Warren Holt. Described by Wheat as “a Nevada map of first importance” and Streeter as “a first rate map of California as it was in 1863 and… especially good for the mining districts in Nevada […]