French & Indian War Map of New York and New Jersey Detailed map of the Theater of the French and Indian War in 1755. The region depicted includes the Hudson River valley, north to Lake Champlain, including Forts Ticonderoga and Frederick. Also...
An Important Revolutionary War Period map of Lake Champlain & Lake George, based upon William Brassier's survey of the region during the French & Indian War. Sayer & Bennett's map is the first separately published map to focus on Lake...
Important early Revolutionary War map, published by William Faden shortly after the signing on the Declaration of Independence. This remarkable map is a combination of two of the most important colonial surveys conducted on the eve of the Revolution,...
An important early battle plan, showing the position of the British and American Troops following the second battle of Saratoga. Following the first battle, Burgoyne took a defensive position, while the Americans withdrew to wait for his next move....
An Early Upper Canada Rarity - Sent To Thomas Jefferson During the War of 1812 Extremely rare separately published map of Upper Canada, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and contiguous parts of New York, Michigan, Vermont and Pennsylvania, published...
This is the second state of Eleanor Hall's map of the area centered on Lake Champlain, showing the region from northwesternmost Massachussetts to Quebec. The map abounds with pictographs representing historical events, famous figures, industries, and...
One of the Earliest Obtainable Printed Views of New York City Scarce early view of New York City, first published in 1761.. Beginning in 1716, William Burgis stood at the Brooklyn Heights shore and drew the waterfront along the east side of...
The Earliest Obtainable Plan of New York. This map of the Fortress of New York was prepared by Bellin based upon an inset on Jean Baptiste-Louis Franquelin's map of 1693, which was originally prepared when France and England were at war and New...
The Earliest Obtainable Plan of New York. This map of the Fortress of New York was prepared by Bellin based upon an inset on Jean Baptiste-Louis Franquelin's map of 1693, which was originally prepared when France and England were at war and New...
The First Large Scale Plan of New York City Fine example of John Montresor's map of lower Manhattan, the first large scale plan of New York City. Following the conclusion of the French & Indian War, the British introduced a number of measures in...
First state of this rare sailing chart of the area around New York Harbor and Long Island, which was issued separately and in the first edition of Sayer & Bennett's North American Pilot. This finely detailed chart is centered on Staten Island,...
One of the Best Revolutionary War Battle Plans of New York City. Fine old color example of Sayer & Bennett's rare battle plan of the area around New York City, depicting one of the most important early battles of the American Revolution....
Revolutionary War Battle Map for New York City &c. Detailed early Revolutionary War battle plan of the area around New York City, depicting the battles of Long Island and White Plains in 1776. The map shows battle details of General George...
Des Barres's rare general chart of New York and Long Island Sound. Large hand-colored engraved chart of New York City and the water route from New York Harbor to the middle of Long Island Sound, by way of the East River. Des Barres's map was the...
Des Barres's Map of New York Harbor. The Definitive Revolutionary War Era Chart of the Harbor. Highly important Revolutionary War Era chart of New York Harbor, published in the most important collection of nautical charts of the age: Des Barres's...
This map is a turn of the century facsimile of a 1788 map of the Bayard Farm by Casimir Goerck. This map shows one of the first examples of the now ubiquitous street grids of Manhattan. Goerck surveyed the farm so that the area could be as individual...