Early Appearances of Manhattan Island, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island. Important early Sea Chart of the region around New York City, Long Island and the Connecticut and southern Massachusetts coastlines, first published by Johannes Van...
Nice example Carrington Bowles' scarce map of New England, based upon Braddock Mead's 4-sheet map of 1755. The map is one of the earliest maps to include the names of the townships within New England, a number of which are not yet named. Other...
The Most Important Map of New England At The Time of the American Revolution Nice example of Bradock Mead's remarkable large format map of New England & Long Island, the most important general map of the region at the commencement of the...
The First Printed Plan of Newport Rhode Island The earliest printed plan of Newport, Rhode Island, published for the use of British forces just months before they occupied the town in December 1776. Based on surveys by Charles Blaskowitz, one of the...
Scarce map of the Rhode Island and contiguous parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Long Island, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, etc. The map illustrates Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot's blockade of Narrangasett, Rhode Island, shortly after the arrival of...
An early map of Massachusetts Bay Colony, which appeared in the Universal Magazine. Shows boundary line with New Hampshire Colony, Rhode Island Province, part of Connecticut Colony, boundary of Rhode Isle, early counties, etc. Nantucket, Martha's...
Detailed pre-Civil War map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The map is hand colored by counties, with an inset of Boston. Shows Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Block Island, etc. Includes towns, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, islands,...
Detailed pre-Civil War map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The map is hand colored by counties, with an inset of Boston. Shows Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Block Island, etc. Includes towns, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, islands,...
Original color example map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, from an early edition of Bradford's Comprehensive Atlas. The map is colored by counties and shows towns, rivers, lakes, bays, harbors, islands and other important places. Block Island and...
Detailed map of Southern New England, colored by counties and showing towns, railroads, rivers and other details. SA Mitchell Jr. acquired his father's former business from DeSilver in 1860 and relaunched a very successful atlas publishing business...
Nice example of Massachusetts and Rhode Island from Tanner's New Universal Atlas. This map is hand colored by county and contains great detail, including, waterways, travel routes, and rail lines. A statistical inset provides population by county....
Scarce German map of Massachusetts & Rhode Island, etc. Elegantly engraved & detailed map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with a large inset plan of Boston, based upon Tanner's work in the early 1840's. Shows counties, towns, roads,...
Detailed map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island from Mitchell's New Universal Atlas, showing railroads, townships, canals, etc. Hand colored by county. Statistical table shows population by county. Inset of Boston showing important buildings. An...
Striking map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, hand colored by counties, from Charles Desilver's New Universal Atlas. The map names towns, rivers, lakes, islands, etc. and shows roads with distances, railroads and other details. Large inset of Boston.
Scarce pictorial map of Mount Hope Bridge and vicinity, published in Bristol, Rhode Island by the Mount Hope Bridge Corporation. The map is "Arranged" by John W. Haley, Rhode Island Historian, designed by H.W. Hetherington and lithographed by the J.C....
The Battle of Rhode Island was the only battle in New England to occur between the Continental army and the British army. Fought to dislodge the 7,000 British, Hessian, and provincial troops from their entrenched position in Newport during the month...