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  1876 (dated)     Description An enormous striking 1876 London Illustrated News bird's-eye view of Manhattan, New York City. The view looks east on Manhattan and Long Island from Bergen Hill, a high point in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River. Manhattan is covered from the Battery to roughly 96th Street. The Reservoir, today the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, a large pond in Central Park, is evident at the extreme left. Hoboken is evident in the foreground, and in the distance Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Long Island city are recognizable. Some of the larger bu...

  1928 (dated)         1 : 17500 Description This is a 1928 Helen Bodley pictorial map of Concord, Massachusetts. Depicting the town of Concord and its environs, Bodley provides an intriguing blend of the historical and the modern. Numerous American Revolutionary War references appear. One near Peter's Field states that it is the 'Birthplace of American Liberty April 19, 1775.' Other illustrations mark where the colonials ate breakfast the morning of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and a trail of footprints marks the Colonial Army's path to intercept the British soldiers at Me...

NorthAmerica-webb-1763 SOLD Title A Map of North America, and the West India Islands, with part of South America, Europe, Africa and The Atlantic Ocean with It's Islands von Benjamin Webb gezeichnet.   1763 (undated)     Description This is a beautifully executed c. 1763 manuscript map by Benjamin Webb, a German emigre working in London and a sometime correspondent with Benjamin Franklin. The map depicts the British Colonies in North America and the Atlantic, highlighting the European spheres of influence pursuant to the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War (1756 - ...

Antique Maps of France. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of France from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Description This is a beautiful 1907 presentation-issue bird's-eye view map of the Charles River, Massachusetts by the Boston publisher George H. Walker. Printed in chromolithography, Walker's view covers the winding Charles River from Waltham to Medway and includes Riverside, Newton, Wellesley, South Natick, Dover, Needham, Waban, Dedham, Medfield, Rockville and Highlandville. Several landmarks are also noted, including the Waltham Watch Factory, Mount Feake Cemetery, Norumbega Park, Walker-Gordon Milk Farm, an Echo Bridge near Newton Upper Falls. Dams, bridges, lakes, and pumping stations ...