A new map of the most considerable plantations of the English in America
Plantations of the English in America
Relief shown pictorially on Jamaica inset only. The number "41" appears beneath the cartouche, indicating the map is from an edition of the atlas later than 1718, likely the 1722 edition. Includes decorated cartouche and list of abbreviations. "Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Glocester." Insets: New Scotland -- I. of Jamaica -- I. of Barbados -- Bermudaz or Sommers Isles -- Carolina.…
Contributor:
Wells, Edward - Nicholls, Sutton
Date:1722-01-01
Map
Map of the country about the Mississippi.
Not drawn to scale. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen and ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows area from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Ohio River. Also mounted on sheet, in same handwriting as map, 2 sheets, one of questions, one of information relating to the map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 775 Available also through the Library of…
A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America
Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. LC copy sectioned in three and mounted on paper. Fold lined, with losses along central fold. Ink spilled horizontally across upper portion of map. Lightly hand colored with tan ink wash. Includes pasted printed addition showing Hearne's delineation of the Coppermine River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Bodega y Quadra 18th century coastal chart collection, 1775-1792
Bodega y Quadra eighteenth century coastal chart collection | Bodega y Cuadra 18th century coastal chart collection | Bodega y Cuadra eighteenth century coastal chart collection
This collection contains 14 manuscript maps showing the Pacific Coast of North America from Mexico to the vicinity of Sitka, Alaska. The maps represent some of the first accurate Spanish charts of the west coast. Most were produced as a result of an expedition led by Bruno de Hezeta and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, on behalf of New Spain and under…
Contributor:
Bodega Y Cuadra, Juan De La - Pantoja Y Arriaga, Juan - Mourelle De La Rúa, Francisco Antonio - Hezeta, Bruno De
Carte de la baye de Hudson, pour servir à l'Histoire générale des voyages.
Scale ca. 1:9,400,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV. In 4⁰. No. 14. Tome 14. In 8⁰. Page 191." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harpe's Agrégé de l'historie generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 304 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Baye de Hudson et pays voisins, 1763.
Scale ca. 1:9,400,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome I. No. 3." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 305 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Isle de Sable
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. In lower right corner: 21. Includes text. LC copy stained along left margin. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. vcFY24
Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi ...
2nd State. [Blueprint is 3rd State] Colonial America. See English translation in Senex's New General Atlas, 1721, dedicated to Wm. Law. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Dummies made for North America, Mississippi River & Valley, and Louisiana. Another copy filed in Lowery Coll., no. 288. [1st State] Wheat #99. 3 Copies, (one original, one reduced photo…
George Flet's platt of Casco Bay and Capt. Thomas, petition 1717
Title from verso. Pencil. Stained throughout, slight tear at upper middle quadrant, mounted on cloth and bordered. Annotated in ink and pencil on verso: a draught of Casco Bay by Capt. Thomas. In pencil on verso: 430046. Stamped at bottom: Division of Maps, Library of Congress Jul 30 1932. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. vcFY25
A new map of Virginia, Mary-Land, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey.
New map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Relief shown pictorially. Watermarks: AB; [fleur-de-lis]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copies imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at fold line, mounted on cloth backing. Statement of dedication at foot of title: Most humbly inscrib'd to the Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney &ct., Knight of ye most Noble and Anciet [sic] Order of ye Thistle. Includes embellished…
Contributor:
Senex, John
Date:1719-01-01
Map
Carte du Lac Champlain depuis le Fort Chambly jusqu'a celuyde St. Fréderic.
Shows landowners along the shore of Lake Champlain. Pen and ink and colored ink. Similar to map created by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry in 1732. Oriented with north to the right. At top of title cartouche: J R. Includes inset of Fort Chambly with ill. and inset of Fort St. Fréderic with ill. Mounted on paper, mounted on cloth. Minor staining throughout. Several pinholes…
George Washington's map, accompanying his "journal to the Ohio", 1754.
Title annotated. Facsimile from Massachusetts' Historical Society Collections, vol. 61. Reproduced in The George Washington Atlas, 1932, plate 11. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 4 copies. Copy 2 includes pencil annotations. Copy 3 is a photographic reproduction. Copy 4 is a negative photostat.
The coast of Florida from the Dry Tortugas to the old Cape
Vault AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 651/3 Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on vellum. Oriented with north to the bottom. Includes numbered index and navigational and descriptive notes. Notes on watering places and glossary on verso. LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 30 Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 1624 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 867 Available also through the Library of Congress…
Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il est présentement : [Louisiana]
Relief shown pictorially. Shows buildings, internal facilities, and surrounding area. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. Copy annotated in pencil in lower left margin: 84482. A progress report on construction of a fortification on the east bank of the Mississippi River below New Orleans. LC Luso-Hispanic world, 949 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans.
Relief shown pictorially. Cadastral map. Shows block numbers and location of existing buildings. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. Oriented with northwest at top. Copy annotated in pencil at bottom: 142566. Accompanied by: A list of residents keyed by letter and number in pocket. Xerox, 36 leaves. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of points of…
Carte de la Province et Colonie de la Louisiane, dans la partie Septentrionnal de l'Amerique
Carte de la Louisiane | Carte a le main de la Louisiane
Shows the Mississippi River and tributaries from the Illinois River south to the Gulf of Mexico. Gift; Partial funding for this purchase from the Ed Cox Legacy Fund; 2007. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes numbered points of interest index, inset of New Orleans with numbered building index, and list of latitudes for…