Published by Cradock and Joy,Paternoster Row,London.During the War of 1812 this map showing the continent west to Ohio and
the valuable fishing banks off the coast to Newfoundland was not as detailed as the Pinkerton maps but was nonetheless a good example of the cartographic skills of the British. Shows many areas as Tribal.Attribution to “Illustrate the travels of Mr. Lambert through those countries”
1813 Map Labrador to Florida
Massachusetts 1893 Cycling Maps Plate 10
This is a reproduction print of a beautiful map that I recently hand-colored. It is plate number 10 in a series of ten maps of Massachusetts.
1893 Massachusetts Cycling Maps published for the Mass. Div. L.A.W. by William T. Oliver, Lynn, Ma. I’l post the other nine maps soon.
1820 United States and Territories
From 1820. Post Colonial America before the West was (by any means) “won”
1938 Cumberland County,Maine.
From the Maine State Highway Atlas of 1938. A composite of two plates,No.11 and 12 of Cumberland County
Kennebec River Hartman Bache 1834
The Kennebec from Hallowell and Augusta through Norridgewock and Bingham to Moosehead Lake,Maine. Finished in 1834 by Hartman Bache. This piece completes our first and very basic collection of maps of the Kennebec. Date from 1770 to 1938.
Mt.Kineo Orientation map,Moosehead Lake and surrounds.
Technically sophisticated and aesthetically pleasing. Mt.Kineo fire watch tower placed this map physically oriented to magnetic north and used the blue “horizon band” to pick out specific (and named) mountain features to locate smoke rising from forest fires in the early stages. They would then relay this information to the nearby Forest Service crews who would be dispatched on horseback or on foot with shovels and axes to do their best to extinguish the blaze. This enlargement from the original size of about 15 inches square, is an archival reproduction from a high resolution scan. 24″ x 24″ Giclee Print
1887 Mt.Desert Island
1887 is the publishers date from Colby and Stuart. This is a reproduction that can only be seen clearly in full size. The image is somewhat darker than the finished prints but the overall color is age toned and perfect
1841 Constantinople ( Stambool )
Produced by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,59 Lincolns Inn Fields Sept.1841. This finely etched map shows accurate footprints of all the important buildings at the time, including Hagia Sophia, Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, the Winter Harem, and the old midieval city.<
1837 Kennebec River,Maine,Early Survey Map for dredging plans
This is a survey map of the Kennebec River between Gardiner and Augusta,Maine done in 1837 in preparation for dredging that stretch of the Kennebec. The project was completed before the Civil War.All of our map prints are created from high-resolution scans, printed on archival, heavyweight, enhanced matte paper, with permanent, pigmented Lucia inks. On this website, all of the maps are “zoomified” so you can get in close to examine fine detail.
1851 Maine by S.H. Colesworthy.Hand-colored.Archival reproduction print.
