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MASS105 - G. ELDRIDGE "Gloucester" and "Rockport" Mass. Boston. c.1909. B/W with red accents. 2 charts on one sheet. Overall size 13½X18. Each chart 13½X9. Very detailed charts show 1. Gloucester Harbor & Eastern Point. Norman's Woe Cove & Rock. Rafes Chasm, Popplestone Beach, Ten Pound Is. & 2. Rockport showing shoreline from Andrews Pt to Pigeon Cove, Sandy Bay, Straitsmouth Is. Flat Pt. Loblolly Cove, Emerson's Pt. Milk Is. & Thatcher's Is. Both charts show very detailed soundings, course, channels, buoys and beacons, lights, ledges, shoals and anchorages. 

MASS111 - G. H. WALKER "City of Fall River" Boston.1891. Colored. 18X26. Chart shows North and South Watuppa Ponds & Narrows. The Quequechan River, Flint Village, Oak Grove Village, Border City Village, Taunton River & Mount Hope Bay. Cook Pond and Globe Village. Block plan of streets with location of buildings. Locates steamboat wharves, coves and the Fall River Branch RR. A nicely detailed city plan. 

MASS114 - U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY "Marblehead North Quadrangle" Wash. D. C. 1956. Printed color. 26X17. Chart shows coastal topography from Manchester Harbor & Manchester to Beverly & Salem Neck & Harbor to Marblehead, showing the harbor, Neck, Rock, ledges & Cat Island. Inshore depicts Essex, Hamilton & Wenham. Very, detailed soundings appear offshore with precise topographical features covering onshore areas. Includes a portion of Massachusetts Bay & offshore islands. (very good condition.) 

MASS115 - U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY "Marblehead South Quadrangle" Wash. D. C. 1956. Printed color. 26X17. Chart shows the southern entrance of Marblehead Harbor opening at the Causeway by Flying Point & Devereux Beach. Locates Marblehead Neck & Devereux. Depicts dwellings & connecting roads. Balance of chart is Massachusetts Bay & islands showing rocks, ledges & soundings down to Swampscott, Nahant & Winthrop in sea areas. 

MASS119 - U. S. C. G. S. Chart 51. "Nantucket Shoals to Montauk Point" Wash. D. C. 1926 (1929) Corrections to 1931. Black/yellow on white. From surveys to 1919. 34X44. Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Elizabeth Islands, Buzzards Bay, Narragansett Bay, Newport, Pt. Judith. Block Island. Many soundings, buoys, beacons, courses. Detail of shoals. Nantucket Shoals Lightship, Vineyard Sound Lightship and Pollack Rip Lightship. Radio beacon signals. 

MASS120 - U. S. C. G. S Chart 233. "Gloucester Harbor and Annisquam River" Wash. D. C. 1933. Corrections to 1937. Black/grey/yellow on white. Scale 1:10,000. 42X22. Coffin Beach, Annisquam to Gloucester and the harbor. Street block plan, wharves. Eastern Pt. Ten Pound Is. Norman's Woe. Many soundings, channels, courses, islands, coves. Excellent hydrographic & topographic details. (Browning across centerfold). 

MASS122 - U. S. C. G. S Chart 1107 "Georges Bank & Nantucket Shoals." Wash. D. C. 1913. Corrections to 1929/1930. Black/grey/yellow on white. 31½X37¼. Extensive soundings in large area of Georges Bank. Depicts shoreline topography from Cape Ann to Boston Harbor, to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket. Includes Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound & Nantucket Sound. Locates courses; radio beacon signals; submarine bells, storm warnings, tides, lights, beacons. 

MASS130 - U. S. C. G. S. Chart 1207 "Massachusetts Bay" Wash. D. C. 1935. Corrections to 1937. Black & yellow on white. Scale 1:80,000. 34X43. Extensive shoreline topography from Gloucester Harbor (Cape Ann) to Salem, Marblehead, Boston Harbor, Cohasset & Scituate to Duxbury Bay. Excellent detail in and around Boston. Includes Provincetown Harbor (Cape Cod). Many soundings, buoys, beacons, shoals, courses. (Browning down 2 folds.) 

MASS132 - E. & G. W. Blunt "Plan of Newburyport Harbour" N. Y. 1854. 4X7. Colored. Decorative small chart with sailing ships from the 'American Coast Pilot.' Shows soundings shoals, Newbury Bar, the town of Newburyport. Salisbury and Salisbury Beach. Plum Island. 

MASS133 - E. & G. W. BLUNT "Harbour of Annisquam in Ipswich Bay" N. Y. 1837. Colored. 4X7. Decorative small chart with sailing ships, from the 'American Coast Pilot.' Shows soundings & shoals. The town of Annis Squam. Coffin's Beach. Davis Neck and Wheeler's Point. Entrance of Chebacco Harbour. 

MASS143 - G. H. WALKER "Atlas Plate No. l (Newburyport)". Boston. 1891. Colored litho. 19X25. Chart shows coastline from Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire to Salisbury Beach, Newburyport and Newbury. Locates the entrance to Newburyport Harbor with Light and range lights, Joppa Flats, The Basin, Woodbridge Is. Shows the course of the Merrimac River past Amesbury and Salisbury Point to Merrimacport & Haverill. Chart shows street block plan of Newburyport with wharves and locates Newbury Old Town and the Parker River. Sandy Beach and Plum Island appear along the shore; and rivers., roads and ponds are depicted throughout the region.

MASS145 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Sketch A No. 5 showing proposed site for a Lighthouse on Sow & Pig's Reef authorized by Congress Sept. 28, 1850." Wash. D. C. 1853. Colored outlines. 16X14. Interesting chart has a sub-sketch showing the position of Sow & Pig's Reef with Gosnell's Pond, Buzzard's Bay & Vineyard Sound. Also locates Saddle Rock with triangulations connecting surrounding rocks and shows 2 approach views of Saddle Rock from the north and northwest. Includes many soundings overall with rocks & ledges. Navigational notes and courses. 

MASS148 - G. ELDRIDGE "Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Manchester & Magnolia, Mass." Boston 1908. and "Lynn, Mass." B/W. 2 charts on one sheet. 18X13. (Each chart 9X13). Charts show Salem, Beverly, Manchester, Marblehead , Marblehead Neck & Beach. Lynn, Nahant, Swampscott & Phillips Pt and Beach. Locates Crescent & Revere Beaches. Offshore islands, rocks, breakers, shoals, beacons, buoys, lights. Many soundings appear throughout. Channels, courses & sailing lines. Includes navigational notes on anchorages, magnetic variations & bottoms. 

MASS153 - F. BEERS "Fairhaven - Town of Fairhaven" 1871. (From the Atlas of Bristol County). 21X12¼. Colored. Finely detailed map with street block plan of Fairhaven. Wharves named along the Acushnet River. Names buildings and building owners. Commercial properties with owners. Shows the Fairhaven branch railroad and the bridge across the river to New Bedford. 

MASS157 - GEO. W. WALKER "Massachusetts Atlas Plate No.5. Boston Bay." Boston 1891. Printed color. 18X15½. Chart shows the coast from Salem & Marblehead to Nantasket Roads, with good depiction of Hull (shows Hull P.O. & Point Allerton) Hingham and Cohasset. Locates Lynn Harbor, Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop, the entrance to Boston Harbor and President Roads. Many islands appear in the Bay and Harbor. Also shows Quincy Bay, Quincy and Weymouth.

MASS159 - FANNING "Boston" N. Y. 1854. Colored. Small but very detailed map (8X4¾) with street block plans shows the city with wharves; the Common with fountain; Public Garden; the Charles River with bridges connecting the city of Boston to South Boston, East Cambridge & Charlestown & the Navy Yard. All streets are named along with wharves which adds to the overall interest of the map.

MASS162 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Chart #10 Boston Bay & Approaches" Wash. D.C. 1866. 31X39. B/W. Fine large chart shows block plan of Boston & environs. Boston Harbor and shoreline topography with all harbors from Cape Ann to Scituate. Chart has many very detailed soundings throughout, along the coast and offshore. Locates buoys, lights, rocks, breakers, channels & navigational notes on lights, tides, soundings, bottoms and variations of the magnetic needle.

MASS168 - C. DESILVER "Map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island" Phila.1856. Colored.12X15½ Colorful map of both states with inset chart of Boston. Includes statistical tables for population figures for both Massachusetts and Rhode Island for 1850. Decorative border frame.

MASS170 - A. M. PERROT "Environs de Boston dressée pour la lecture de Lionel Lincoln, Roman de J.Fenimore Cooper." Paris. c.1830.6X7. colored. Small but very attractive map of Boston with the title in a laurel wreath tied with a bow. The map was drawn to show the locale of James Fenimore's Cooper's novel "Lionel Lincoln" published in 1825. 18 buildings and landmarks are identified under the map image which shows street block plans with the City with wharves & locates Charlestown, Cambridge, Harvard, Beacon Hill, Coop's Hill, Bunker Hill, the Charles River and the George's Tavern on the road to Roxbury. Shows Gouverneur & Castle Islands at the entrance to the harbor. This is a finely engraved map in delicate coloring with excellent detail. 

MASS174 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY "Gloucester Harbor" Wash. D.C. 1890. B/W. 17X13½. Splendid chart, finely engraved shows shoreline topography around the harbor with many soundings both within the harbor and offshore. Depicts block plan of Gloucester, Western Harbor, Ten pound Island & Light; Southeast Harbor; Norman's Woe Cove, Eastern Point, Fresh Pond & Braces Cove. Includes many rocks, shoals, ledges & headlands and navigational notes on the lighthouse. Hydrography supplied by the party under the command of Lieut H. S. Stellwagen U. S. N.. Excellent harbor chart. 

MASS176 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY "Comparative Sketch of the Handkerchief Shoal Entrance to Nantucket Sound, Mass. showing its increase." Wash. D.C. 1875. Colored. 15X11. Chart shows Handkerchief Shoal in large scale to indicate changes in its overall size and configuration. Includes region around Monomoy and depicts position of the Light. Comparison is based on a survey of 1853 shown in shaded lines and the present survey (1874-1875) shown in a series of dotted lines. Survey is attractively presented and drawn. 

MASS184 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY United States East Coast. Massachusetts. "Boston Harbor." From the United States Government Chart of 1948 with corrections to 1955. London.1951/1956. Chart #1516. Grey/white. 26X44. Large, striking chart shows Boston with street plan and wharves. South and East Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Logan Airport, Winthrop & Deer Island. The harbor and it's entrance is dotted with islands and depth soundings. Locates Quincy and Hingham Bays. President and Nantasket Roads; channels, buoys, lights, shoals & ledges. Includes navigational notes on anchorage areas & tidal information for Boston and Cohasset Harbors. (Chart is in very good condition. Clean and with 2 vertical folds as issued.) 

MASS186 - J. N. BELLIN "Plan De La Ville De Boston et ses Environs." Paris c. 1750. B/W. 6½X10½. >From Prevost's "Histoire Des Voyages." Attractive plan of early Boston and the harbor showing street block plan of the town and wharves. Locates Charles Town and Isle Ronde; gun batteries, powder magazine, Presbyterian church, prison, town hall, windmill and beacon. Indicates an offshore anchorage and the entrance channel. Depicts shoreline topography with roads running down to the harbor showing bays and inlets. Includes a table of reference to major public buildings from A to Q as noted on the chart. A fine example of a scarce chart of Boston drawn when it was Boston Neck. 

MASS187 - F. W. BEERS "Williamstown. Town of Williamstown. Scale 25 rods to the inch." N.Y.1871. Colored. 14X21½. Large double page map shows the center of town with Mission Park, Monument and Williams College, Est. 1793 in center. Locates Kellogg Hall, the Magentic Observatory, Jackson Hall, Lawrence Hall or Library, Chapel and the Residence of Prest. P. A. Chadbourne on the Campus. Depicts Main Street, North and South Streets, Coles Avenue and the Loop Hopkins & Co. Twine Factory. Locates property owners and their landholdings in and around the town. On the verso (back) are maps of 1.Clarksburg, 2.Briggsville and 3.Blackinton, town of Williamstown and Adams. A fine 19th century town plan. 

MASS190 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY "United States East Coast. Massachusetts. Boston Harbour. From U.S. Government Charts of 1948. with corrections to 1955." London. 1951. (Updated to 1955.) Grey/white. 26X44. Striking very large chart of Boston Harbour shows shoreline contours in fine detail with all offshore islands & thousands of depth soundings. Locates Nantasket Roads, Hingham Bay, President Roads; courses & the Main Ship Channel. Includes excellent detail of buoys & beacons, shoals, ledges & dangerous rocks when entering the harbour. This is an excellent chart in fine condition. 

MASS192 - D. APPLETON “On the Beverly Coast, Massachusetts, from a painting by J. F. Kensett.” New York. 1874. Colored. 6½X9. Finely engraved view shows a coastal scene with sailing vessels offshore & trees, rocks and a beach in the foreground. John Frederick Kensett started his career as an engraver and then became one of the most prominent of the Hudson River School of painters. Although he was known for his Hudson River views, he painted in Europe, and back at home he worked in New York State (Lake George), and painted many scenes of the coast and landscapes of New England. He was born in 1816 and died in 1872. This is a particularly fine engraving taken from Kensett's original work.

MASS200 - G. ELDRIDGE “Provincetown. Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. Chart depicts Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod Bay with great detail of shoals, depth soundings, anchorages, & lights. Locates Bellwood and Long Points & includes Wood End and Shank Painter Bars, Race Point & Truro. Depicts life saving stations around shorelines and notes sunken rocks and other dangers, and includes detailed sailing lines and courses. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts No.49. 

MASS202 - G. ELDRIDGE “Fall River. Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 18½X13½. Chart locates Fall River on the Taunton River and in the northeast corner of Mount Hope Bay. Many soundings appear in the Bay which shows a channel dredged to 25ft. Includes Bristol Harbor and Neck. Warren River, Gardner's Neck & Sewammock Neck in the northern Bay region & locates Tiverton on the Sakonnet River. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No. 31.      

MASS203 - G. ELDRIDGE “Squam River. Gloucester Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. Chart shows the course of the Squam River from Ipswich and Annisquam to Farm Point, Lobster Cove, Wheeler's Point, Thurston's Point, Pearce's Id. Riverview, Perry Hill, Wolf Hill to Gloucester Harbor. The river is depicted as flowing through extensive areas of marshland and low water areas. Includes buoys, beacons & dredged areas, and depicts the drawbridge connecting Gloucester Harbor with 7½ feet clearance at high water. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No. 54.      

MASS205 - G. ELDRIDGE “Cuttyhunk & Robinson's Hole.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. Very detailed 2 part chart shows 1. Cuttyhunk Id & Neck and Nashawena Id & Penikese Id, surrounded by depth soundings & shoal areas and 2. Robinson's Hole showing Pasque Id. & Naushon Id. with many depth soundings and anchorage in the channel. Includes buoys and beacons, sailing lines & courses, life saving stations, sunken rocks & other dangers. A fine navigational chart from George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No.42. 

MASS206 - G. ELDRIDGE “Nonquitt, West Falmouth & Quamquisset Harbor, Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 18X13½. 3 charts on one sheet show 1. the Nonquitt shoreline with Bare Kneed Rocks & Keel Rock with shoals and low water areas plus two anchorages. 2. West Falmouth showing Chassaquoit Pt, Pulpit Rock and Hog Island Harbor, depicting shoals & low water areas, a red buoy and anchorage and, 3. Quamquisset Harbor with shoals, beacons & anchorages. Good basic details for approaching the region by sea. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No 41.

MASS210 - G. ELDRIDGE “Mattapoisett. Mass”. Boston 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. Very detailed navigational chart shows Mattapoisett Neck and Ledge, Pine Neck Bay & Strawberry Point. Includes many depth soundings in water areas. Depicts shoals, ledges, sunken rocks and other dangers. Beacons & buoys, anchorages and day and night courses and sailing lines. A fine chart. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No. 37.

MASS211 - G. ELDRIDGE “Wareham River. Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X13½. Chart shows Wareham Neck & Narrows. Swifts Neck & Beach, Barney's Point, Long Beach Point, Indian Neck, Warren Point, Gromeset Neck and Point on the Weweanntic River. Also depicts Great Hill Point, Sippican Neck, Pine Point & Planting island. Many depth soundings & shoal areas appear in the River, with anchorage near Nobska Point. Includes beacons, buoys & ledges and a “dumping ground” is indicated in offshore waters. From George Book of Harbor Charts. No. 39. 

MASS213 - G. ELDRIDGE “Woods Hole. Mass.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 14X19. Very detailed chart covers the area from Uncanteena Is. to Nonamesset Id, Penzance, Eel Pond, Great & Little Woods Hole & Nobska Head on Vineyard Sound. Hundreds of depth soundings dot the sea area and detailed courses are shown for entering Woods Hole Harbor between small islands, rocks & ledges. Locates the Breakwater Hotel & the Woods Hole Yacht Club & the U.S. Marine Fisheries Wharf and anchorage. Buoys, beacons & lights are indicated all around the harbor & the current through Woods Hole Passage is noted as having a velocity of 5 knots. An excellent coastal navigational chart. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No. 43.

MASS216 - J. DENISON “A Map of Massachusetts From the Best Authorities by J. Denison.” Boston. 1796. Colored. 7½X9¾. Attractive map published in Boston at the end of the 18th century shows Boston & all harbors along the coast from Newbury Harbor & Thatchers Island off Cape Ann down to Cape Cod called Barnstable, Buzzard's Bay & the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Under the mileage scale in top right is a note saying “the surveys of the eastern counties could not be obtained seasonably to complete this map” so Plymouth, Bristol & Barnstable counties have only a few towns & harbors located. Of particular interest, however, is a dotted line showing a proposed Cape Cod Canal connecting Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable Bay near Sandwich. This is one of the earliest maps to depict such a concept. Many towns & villages appear on the map which is bordered on the west by the Connecticut River. From Jedidiah Morse's “The American Universal Georgraphy” drawn by J. Denison, engraved by Samuel Hill and printed in Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Reference “Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800” by Wheat & Brun. Page 48. No. 218. Fine.  

MASS217 - U. C. COAST SURVEY “Comparative Map of Cape Cod Harbor showing Physical Changes Between the Survey of Maj. J. D. Graham in 1835 & the U. S. Coast Survey, Benjamin Peirce, September 1867. Topography & Hydrography Executed during part of Sept. Oct. & Nov. 1867, by the Party in charge of Henry L. Whiting, Assistant. Made for the State Commission for the Protection and Preservation of Cape Cod Harbor.” Wash. D.C. 1868. 14½X29¼. Fine, horizontal chart shows Cape Cod Harbor & the Village of Provincetown, East Harbor & Beacon Point & part of Truro, Race Point Light & Hatches Harbor. Includes both topographical and hydrographical details. Fine condition.

MASS219 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Preliminary Chart of Stellwagen's Bank. Massachusetts Bay discovered in October 1854 by the Hydrographic Party under the Command of Lieut. H. S. Stellwagen U.S.N. Asst.” Wash. D.C. 1855. Colored. 8½X9. Small but very detailed chart with hundreds of depth soundings indicated across the Bank with courses depicted along with buoys and beacons. The coast is drawn from Cape Ann and Thatcher's Island & Gloucester down to Boston Harbor, Scituate Lt., Plymouth and Cape Cod Bay. Includes the northern tip of Cape Cod with Provincetown Harbor. Finely engraved by S. W. Bradley. 

MASS220 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Preliminary Chart #3. The Seacoast of the United States From Portland, Maine, to Race Point, Massachusetts.” Wash. D.C. 1857. B/W. 25¼X21½. This is the 3rd chart in a sequence of 3 that charts the coast from Portland, Maine to Race Point on Cape Cod. This section shows a coastal outline from York Harbor, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire and then continues southward to Newburyport and Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Locates Gloucester, Salem and Marblehead and a finely drawn depiction of Boston Harbor and it's approaches. From Boston the coastal outline continues to Scituate and Howland's Ledge with a large area of Massachusetts Bay and Stellwagen's Ledge with hundreds of depth soundings indicated. The chart then ends at the northern tip of Cape Cod and the Race Point Lighthouse. On the right side of the chart is a listing of 34 lighthouses and beacons to be seen from Portland to the Cape, and detailed navigational notes for mariners on tides, bottoms, variations and depth soundings. This is a fine chart in excellent condition.

MASS221 - WALLING & GRAY “City of New Bedford” Phila. 1871. Colored. 14½X12. Very colorful map shows New Bedford on the Acushnet River across from Fair Haven and depicts street block plans of the City with wharves, mills, glass works and a branch of the New Bedford & Taunton Railroad running toward the Wamsutta Mills. Includes Fish Island with the Acushnet Iron Works, Crow Island, Pope's Island & Palmer's Island and locates the New Bedford and Fair Haven Bridge connecting the two cities across the river. An excellent map with good detail.

MASS222 - SAMPSON & MURDOCK “Map of the City of Boston. Published for the Boston Directory.” Boston. 1910. Printed color. 35X29. Highly colorful map shows the City and its environs and locates wharves, parks, streets, railroads, reservoirs and ponds. Depicts the Charles, Mystic and Chelsea Rivers, East Boston and Charles Town. The Old Harbor and Dorchester Bay and includes an inset chart of Breed's Island. The map was folded into the Directory so it has some light fold lines which could be pressed flat for framing and some light age-toning in the top left corner, not affecting the image. A fine map.

MASS225 - H. E. WALLING & O. W. GRAY “Map of the Compact Portions of Boston & the Adjacent Cities & Towns.” Boston. 1871. Colored. 15X24. Splendid map shows districts in different colors and depicts detailed street block plans throughout the region. Includes Cambridge, Somerville, Everett, Charlestown, Chelsea, East Boston, Brighton, Brookline, South Boston, and locates wharves & docks in Boston Harbor, and the Mystic and Charles Rivers. In lower right is a detailed chart titled “Map Showing the Present Limits of the City of Boston 1871.” From the “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts from Astronomical, Trigonometrical and Various Local Surveys. Compiled by H. E. Walling and O. W. Gray. 1871.” A fine map.

MASS230 - H. E. WALLING & O. W. GRAY “Map of Massachusetts Comprising Counties, Towns, Villages, Railroads, Stations Etc.” Boston 1871. Colored. 15X24. Fine colorful map includes Buzzards Bay, the Elizabeth Islands, Vineyard Sound, Martha's Vineyard, named Dukes, Nantucket & Cape Cod. Depicts railroads leading to Boston and includes a large table in lower left of the “Railways of Massachusetts and Boston & Vicinity Railway Stations.” The map shows counties in different colors and locates cities, towns, villages and harbors. A great map in very nice condition. From “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From Astronomical, Trigonometrical and various Surveys compiled by H. E. Walling and O. W. Gray.”

MASS233 - E & G. W. BLUNT “Cape Poge and Adjacent Shoals.” NY. 1833. B/W. 4¼X 7¼. Fine small chart from Blunt's “American Coast Pilot” 11th edition, shows the East End of Martha's Vineyard, Falmouth Town, Holmes Hole, West Chop, Vineyard Sound, Chappaquidick, Cape Poge Light and all surrounding shoals and dangers. Includes a compass rose and wind vectors. An excellent small chart.

MASS235 - G. ELDRIDGE “Newburyport, Ipswich, Essex and Annisquam. Mass.” Boston 1901-1909. B/W. 18½X13. Fine chart of the coast and harbors from Newburyport south to Cape Ann showing Annisquam, Halibut Point, & Pigeon Cove above Rockport. Depicts Plum Island and Sound, the Joppa Flats, Parker River, Rowley River, Ipswich River, Castle Neck, Essex Bay and Ipswich Bay. Includes many depth soundings, courses, anchorages, buoys, beacons and life saving stations. This excellent chart is in very nice condition and was published in George Eldridge's “Book of Harbor Charts,” No. 55. between 1901 amd 1909.

MASS236 - G. ELDRIDGE “Cape Cod and Massachusetts Bays” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X13½. Excellent & very detailed chart shows the Cape from Sandwich snd Barnstable, Chatham and Hyannis to Provincetown. Locates Plymouth, Duxbury, Scituate, Hingham, Boston, Lynn, Salem, Marblehead, Manchester, Gloucester and Cape Ann. The chart is crossed with many courses and sailing lines and depicts buoys, beacons, whistles, ledges, shoals, ledges and rocks. Many depth soundings are noted along shorelines and the chart includes an inset of “Cohasset Harbor” with Minot's Ledge. This is a fine chart from George Eldridge's “Book of Harbor Charts” #8A. 

MASS245 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States. East Coast. Massachusetts. Cape Cod Canal and Approaches.” Wash. D.C. 1942 (1945). Colored. 34X42. Very striking chart of the Canal showing it's course from Sippican Neck and Butler Point and Wings Neck above Megansett Harbor to Mashnee Island and Long neck to Buzzard's Bay and onward to Cape Cod Bay. Locates Marion, Wareham, Onset, Point Independence, Jacob's Neck & Monument Beach. Includes detailed depth soundings and navigational notes on tides, lights, buoys and anchorage areas, plus vertical clearances for bridges and overhead cables. Chart includes both topographical and hydrographical details. A fine chart in good condition. #251

MASS246 - J. M. CROWLEY and G. R. HOLBROOK “Map of Boston and Path Finder” Boston. c. 1847. Colored highlights. 8X4½. Attractive little map published by the “Path Finder and Business Intelligencer” a paper published every Monday and Thursday to provide information on 'railroads, buses, stages, steamers, packets, hotels and mail arrangements' for the people of Boston. This little map with street block plans shows the State House, City Hall, Post Office, Customs House, Tremont House, Marlboro Hotel and the E. R. R. Hotel and Depot and the Worcester, Western and Old Colony Depots. Also locates the Common, Public Gardens, wharves and bridges. Fine detail.

MASS247 - U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY “Lynn Quadrangle,Massachusetts.” Wash. D.C. 1956. Colored. 23X17. Very colorful chart shows the coast from Salem & Marblehead to Swampscott, Lynn & Lynn Beach, Little Nahant and Nahant Harbor with a U. S. Coast Guard Station.Locates the Saugus River, Point of Pines, Revere Beach, Crescent Beach, Winthrop Highlands & Ocean Spray just above Boston Harbor. Depicts Massachusetts Bay. Good detail and bright color.

MASS249 -  M. G. ST JEAN de CREVECOEUR “Carte De L'Ile De Martha's Vineyard avec ces dependances pour les Lettres d'un Cultivateur Ameriquain.” Paris. 1787. Colored 8¼X10. This beautiful chart of Martha's Vineyard was published in “Letters from an American Farmer” by Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) after he returned to France having spent his early years in America first as a surveyor in the French and Indian Wars and then as a farmer in Colonial America. De Crevecoeur was born in France of aristocratic parents who sent him to college to study mathematics, cartography and surveying. During his time in America he drew surveys of the East Coast and traveled widely and his descriptions of Martha's Vineyard and his map, published in the “Letters” was widely acclaimed and is considered, to be the first detailed depiction of Martha's Vineyard.. The map shows Vineyard Sound and the Elizabeth Islands, Tidsbury Town, Chapoquidick Island, sheep pastures, Chilmark Town, Cape Pog, Edgar Town and includes a detailed & numbered index to points of interest on the island. A decorative compass rose is engraved in the sea area. Fine.

MASS250 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “The Harbor of Holmes Hole” Wash. D.C. 1847. B/W.10X14. Finely engraved chart shows Holmes Hole on Martha's Cineyard with street block plan and indications of buildings and dwellings. Includes East and West Chop, Little Neck and Lagoon Pond, Eastville and Telegraph Station. Chart shows hundreds of depth soundings in the harbor and includes detailed sailing directions for entering the harbor from the westward. Also includes notes on tides and proposed site of beacons. An excellent chart from the United States Coast Survey.  

MASS253 - GEORGE ELDRIDGE “Marion.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. Chart shows Sippican Neck at the entrance to Sippican Harbor.. Depicts Planting Island, Blankinship Cove, Allen's Point & Ram Island. Shows Marion on the west shore with a Post Office and Telegraph Station, a wharf and Sippican House. Locates Seal Rocks, Aucoots Cove and Charles Neck. Includes depth soundings, low water areas, buoys, beacons, courses and sailing lines to Quick's Hole and Wood's Hole. This fine chart was published in George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.38.

MASS255 - G. ELDRIDGE “Vineyard haven and Cottage City.” Boston. 1901-09. B/W. 14X19. Striking chart shows the shoreline from West Chop to Vineyard Haven, Eastville, East Chop & Cottage City. Vineyard Haven is depicted with street block plans & dwellings. Vineyard Highlands and Cottage City also show detailed plans of streets and commercial and private buildings. Locates churches, lakes, wharves and the Cottage City New Harbor. The chart includes low water areas and beaches, buoys and beacons, anchorages, courses and sailing lines. An excellent chart from George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 44. 

MASS257 - G. ELDRIDGE “Hyannis and Centerville, Mass.” Boston. 1901-09. B/W. 14X19. Fine chart shows shoreline topography and low water areas from Osterville and East Bay to Hyannis Point and Port. Depicts Point Gammon & Lewis Bay, buoys and beacons, anchorages, sailing lines and courses. Includes notes on tides and abbreviations of bottoms. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 48.

MASS258 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States East Coast. Massachusetts. Harbors of Plymouth, Kingston & Duxbury.” Wash. D.C. 1920. Grey/white coloration. 38X27½. Wonderfully detailed chart shows the shoreline from Brant Rock and Green Harbor to Duxbury Beacon & Bay. Depicts Saguish Neck & Gurnet Point. Clark Island, Plymouth Bay and Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay and the town of Kingston. The chart includes inlets, low water areas, rivers, ponds, roads along shorelines, buoys, beacons, depth-soundings and lighthouses. This is a fine chart in very good condition that features both topographical and hydrographical details.

MASS259 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Preliminary Chart of Bass River Harbor, Massachusetts.” Wash. D.C. 1854. Colored. 18½X16. Chart shows the coastline from Lewis Bay to South Yarmouth and the Bass River. It continues to Swan Pond River and the Herring River, West Dennis, West Harwich & Allen's Harbor. Includes hundreds of depth soundings, Dog Fish Shoal & Kill Pond Bar, Bishop's and Clerk's Rocks and navigational notes on buoys, beacons and tides. Fine chart in very good condition.

MASS261 - G. ELDRIDGE “George Eldridge's Chart C. Vineyard Sound Lt. Ship to Chatham.” Boston. 1924 (1925.) B/W. 27X47. This is one of George Eldridge's major charts that takes in the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the South Shore of Cape Cod from Falmouth to Chatham and Monomoy. Depicts thousands of depth soundings, detailed courses, small islands, shoals and Chappaquidick on Martha's Vineyard and Tuckernuck Flats on Nantucket. Locates Fishing Grounds, Muskeget Channel and includes an inset titled “Enlarged Plan of Pollock Rip Slue.” The chart also includes detailed navigational notes on sailing directions, tides, buoys, beacons, bottoms, sailing lines, sunken rocks & other dangers. The chart is in relatively good condition considering it has been used and has some wrinkling from wear. An important chart from George Eldridge's original survey and reissued by his son George Washington Eldridge (1845-1914.) and published by Wilfred O. White a member of the Eldridge family, in Boston in 1925. (George Eldridge, Senior lived - 1821-1900.)

MASS263 - G. ELDRIDGE “Boston.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 14X19. This intensely detailed chart of Boston Harbor shows islands, channels, and courses for entering the harbor, shoals, anchorages, buoys and beacons and locates Winthrop, East Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, Old Harbor, Dorchester Bay, Quincy Bay, Hull, Hingham, Nantasket Beach and North Cohasset. Hundreds of depth soundings appear in the harbor, with shoals, anchorages, lifesaving stations, rocks and ledges. George Eldridge's harbor charts were much in demand at the turn of the century, by mariners sailing the coasts and entering harbors from offshore locations. This is an excellent chart for navigating Boston's very complex harbor and it's environs. From George Eldridge's “Book of harbor Charts” 1901. Chart No.51.

MASS264 - G. ELDRIDGE “New Bedford. Fair Haven and South Dartmouth, Mass.” Boston. 1901. B/W 19X14. Chart shows New Bedford, Fairhaven, Sconticut Neck, Little Bay, South Dartmouth, Mosher’s Point & Clark Point and depicts both topographical and hydrographical details, with shoals around shoreline contours, many depth soundings, anchorages, buoys and beacons & courses for navigating the bays and inlets. From George Eldridge’s Book of Harbor Charts, New York to Boston. No.36.

MASS265 - G. ELDRIDGE “Cataumet, Wenaumet, Monument Beach and Onset, Mass.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 19X14. Very detailed chart shows both topographical and hydrographical details and depicts Onset, Jacob’s Neck, Scraggy Neck, Bourne Neck, Great Neck, Monument Beach, Wenaumet Neck, and Cataumet. Locates shoals around shoreline contours, depth soundings, beacons and buoys, anchorages and courses for navigating this difficult, and treacherous region. Includes the track of the NY, NH, & H.R.R. Railroad with the North Falmouth Railroad Station. From George Eldridge’s Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.40.

MASS267 - G. ELDRIDGE “Cotuit Port & Osterville, Cottage City, New Harbor and Chatham” Boston. 1901/ B/W. 19X14. Three fine harbor charts on one sheet show both topographical and hydrographical details with depth soundings, shoals, buoys and beacons, anchorages and courses for entering all of the above- noted harbors. The detail on all three charts is excellent showing islands, points, bays, inlets and beaches. From George Eldridge’s Book of Harbor Charts New York to Boston. No. 47.

MASS268 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States. East Coast. Massachusetts. Martha's Vineyard. Eastern Part.” Wash .D.C. 1965. Blue/yellow coloration. 38X32. Large chart covers the region from West Chop & Vineyard Haven, to East Chop, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, Chappaquidick Island and Cape Poge. Includes 3 inset charts. 1. Oak Bluffs Harbor, 2. Vineyard Haven Harbor, and 3. Edgartown Harbor. Chart depicts depth soundings and courses, buoys, beacons, lights and shoals & includes navigational notes on anchorages, tides, wrecks, rocks and other obstructions, radio beams and Coast Guard Stations. Chart has been folded but is in good condition and can be pressed flat for framing. Chart No. 261.

MASS270 - G. ELDRIDGE “Barnstable Harbor.” Boston. c. 1912. B/W. 14X19. Excellent chart shows Barnstable Neck, Great Marshes, Barnstable & Yarmouth. Depicts The Cove, Little and Great Thacher Islands, Phillis Island, Calves Pasture Point, Salten Point & Blish Point. Locates hundreds of depth soundings with a note saying “Barnstable Bar changes frequently & Great Caution should be used in crossing as soundings given are unreliable. Bad breaking seas with fresh N. E. Winds.” Chart includes buoys and beacons & courses to Wellfleet Entrance, Provincetown N.E. & Mary Ann Rocks, Manomet. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 49A. (Note: the A listed charts are supplements to the basic charts issued in the Chart Book, with updates.)

MASS271 - G. ELDRIDGE “Cohasset Harbor.” Boston. c. 1912. B/W. 19X14. This finely engraved chart shows Scituate Neck, Cohasset, Basses Beach, Quarry Point & Windmill Point and includes a large number of rocks, ledges, beacons and bell and whistle buoys. The chart also depicts courses for entering and sailing around the harbor, through many treacherous clumps of rocks, ledges and shoals. Minot's Ledge is shown in the top right corner of the chart. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.50A. (Note: the A listed charts are supplements to the basic charts issued in the Chart Book with updates.)

MASS272 - G. ELDRIDGE “Nantucket Sound East.” Boston. c.1912. B/W. 19X14. Fine chart shows Nantucket Island and the Sound, Monomoy Island & part of the southern coast of Cape Cod. Depicts Dog Fish Bar, Yarmouth, W. Dennis, West & East Harwich, Dennisport, Witchmere Harbor, Oyster Pond, Chatham & all Points, Heads & Beaches around Nantucket. Includes buoys, beacons, lights, rocks, shoals and courses. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. Chart #7A. (Note. All A numbered charts are supplements to the basic charts issued in the Chart Book, with updates.)

MASS273 - G. ELDRIDGE “Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury.” Boston. c. 1901. B/W. 9½X14. This fine chart shows Duxbury and Kingston Bays, Plymouth and the Plymouth Yacht Club, the Rock and the Monument. Depicts Billington Sea (65 feet above sea level), the Kingston Yacht Club on the Jones River and the Duxbury Yacht Club. Locates Clark's Island, Saquish Neck & Brown's Bank & includes hundreds of depth soundings, buoys and beacons, along with courses & sailing lines & shows Duxbury Beach, Long Beach and Warren's Cove. An excellent harbor chart from George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 50. 

MASS275 - J. F. W. DES BARRES “Untitled Chart of the Eastern Part of Martha's Vineyard.” London. 1776/2002. Hand colored. 30X21½. (Restrike.) This handsome chart shows Cape Poge & Cape Poge Pond, West & East Chop, Matakies Bay, Old Town Harbour, Koteimy Point, Weique Beach, Wasque Point, the Horse Shoe, Muskeget Passage & Muskeget Shoals. Depicts Muskeget Island offshore & Smith's Point. A note on the chart says “To avoid these shoals (Muskeget) keep Cape Poge bearing to the southward of west until you approach the south point of the Horse Shoe, which is steep too. The bearings of Tuckanunck Island, as you draw near it will direct you.” Many depth soundings are indicated with navigational notes, and a course line is drawn through the chart with a note saying “To sail through the Passage (Muskeget) in the deepest water bring Cape Poge to Bear N & W & Steer for It.” The chart also includes a decorative compass pointer with fleur-de-lys motif as an aid to mariners approaching the area from seaward. This fine chart was printed as a restrike from the original copper plates in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The original chart was published in 1776 in “The Atlantic Neptune” by Joseph F. W. Des Barres, a Swiss who joined the British Army in America in 1756 as an engineer/surveyor. In 1774 Des Barres returned to England to begin the monumental task of compiling his great atlas which he reissued & updated over the next ten years. The chart is in very good condition and is an excellent restrike.

MASS276 - E. & G. W. BLUNT “Cape Ann Harbor Surveyed by Rev. C. Felch & H. J. Mallone Esq. in 1819 by Direction of Com. Wm Bainbridge U.S.N.” NY. 1841. Colored. 9X7½. Attractive small chart of Cape Ann Harbor (Gloucester Harbor) shows block plan of Gloucester & locates Stage Point, Delivers Neck, Muscle Point, Norman's Woe Rock & Point, Ten Pound Island & Eastern & Flat Points. The harbor is dotted with depth soundings & includes a colorful compass pointer with radiating rhumb lines, as an aid to mariners entering the harbor from offshore. Engraved for the American Coast Pilot, 14th edition & published by Edmund & George. W. Blunt in 1841.

MASS277A&B - H. GANNETT “Topography. Massachusetts. Nantucket Quadrangle.” Wash. D.C. Edition of 1901, reprinted in 1905. Colored. Two sheets, each 18½X13. This two part map of Nantucket Island is a U. S. Geological Survey & shows on Sheet 1) a block plan of Nantucket town and harbor with Brant Point Light at the entrance. Depicts Coatue Beach and Coscata Beach, Squam Head, Sankaty Head, Siasconset, Tom Nevers Head, Surfside, Hummock Pond to Great Neck, & Long Pond to Maddaket Harbor. Sheet 2) continues on from Maddaket Harbor to Tuckernuck Island, Musketget Island and Channel. The charts were surveyed under the direction of Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer & Charles Walcott, Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. Both sheets were finely drawn and surveyed.

MASS278 - H. GANNETT “Topography. Massachusetts. Plymouth Quadrangle. ” Wash. D.C. 1894. Reprinted 1909. Colored. 19X13. This excellent chart of the Massachusetts coast depicts the shoreline from Plymouth & it's Harbor with Long Beach & Pier Head, down to Warren Cove, Manomet Point, Stage Point, Center Hill Point, Peaked Cliffs & Scusset Beach. Inland the survey shows ponds, rivers, roads & railroads with a section of Wareham & Bourne. The chart is a U. S. Geological Survey, drawn under the direction of Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer and Marcus Baker, Geographer in Charge. Finely drawn & presented.

MASS280 - H. GANNETT “Topography. Massachusetts. Barnstable Sheet.” Wash. D.C. 1893. Reprinted 1907.Colored. 18X13. Finely drawn chart of Barnstable & Barnstable Harbor on Cape Cod depicts Sandwich, Mashpee, Osterville Harbor, Centreville, Hyannis Harbor & Lewis Bay, Great Island & the western part of Yarmouth. Depicts the shorelines of Cape Cod Bay & Nantucket Sound & includes towns, roads, rivers, ponds, beaches & the Old Colony Railroad, Cape Cod Branch. The chart is a U. S. Geological Survey drawn under the direction of Henry Gannett. Chief Geographer & Marcus Baker, Geographer in Charge. An excellent survey.

MASS282 - H. GANNETT “Topography. Massachusetts. Chatham Sheet.” Wash. D.C. 1893. Reprinted 1905.Colored.18X13. Finely drawn chart shows a section of Cape Cod that encompasses Orleans, Pleasant Bay, Nickerson's Neck, Chatham & Chatham Port, Bassing Harbor & Chatham Harbor. Nausett Beach down to Stage Harbor & Monomoy Island. Includes Sipson's & Strong Islands offshore, and roads & ponds inland. The chart is a U. S. Geological Survey drawn under the direction of Henry Gannet, Chief Geographer & Marcus Baker, Geographer in Charge. A fine survey with good detail.

MASS283 - GEO. H. WALKER & CO. “Latest Map of Cape Cod & Vicinity.” Boston. 1892. Colored. 30½X28. Large striking fold-out map shows the Massachusetts coastline from Duxbury & Kingston Bays to Plymouth & Plymouth Harbor. The shoreline continues down to Cape Cod & Buzzard's Bay with the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket offshore. Depicted on the map are counties, cities, towns, harbors, roads, rivers, ponds, steamship lines and ferries, & the proposed course of the Cape Cod Canal. This fine map folds into a brochure to make a Pocket Map, that has a design on the cover of a beach scene with sailing ships offshore. (Very nice color & overall condition.)

MASS284 - WALKER & CO. “Birds-Eye View of Boston Harbor.” Boston. 1897. Colored. 12½X21½. This delightful birds-eye view shows the major islands in Boston Harbor & the shoreline contours, with wharves, piers, buildings, houses, lighthouses, flagstaffs & trees. Depicts the Pumping Station, & the Fore River Ship & Engine Company & the courses of the Nantasket Beach Line, the Nahant Line Steamships,& the Winthrop Line Steamers, circumnavigating the harbor. The map is dotted with little drawings of full-rigged sailing vessels & steamships & locates Nahant, South Boston & Dorchester Bay, & all the inlets, bays & creeks around the islands & shoreline. This is a folding map that becomes a Pocket Map when folded down into a small hardcover booklet. The front cover of the booklet has a small street block plan of Boston & on the back has a listing of other Pocket Maps & Birds-Eye Views so popular with tourists in the late 19th century.

MASS285 - THE UNION NEWS COMPANY “Birds-Eye View of Boston Harbor and South Shore to Provincetown Showing Steamboat Routes.” Boston. c. 1897. Colored. 19X16. This wonderful birds-eye view of Boston Harbor with Quincy & Dorchester Bays depicts islands & shoreline contours which extend to Cape Cod Bay and Provincetown Light. The Steamboat routes are drawn running into and out of the harbor & include the Metropolitan Line to New York, the routes to Europe, & the route to Provincetown at the end of Cape Cod. The map depicts small drawings of full-rigged ships, steamboats & paddle wheelers, buildings & factories, wharves & piers, flagstaffs, trees, houses & lighthouses, the Quarantine Station, hotels & forts. This delightful map folds down into a small hardcover brochure which makes it a Pocket Map so much desired by tourists & travelers in the late 19th century. An index to all the places on the map is printed on the inside front cover of the brochure.

MASS286 - E. L. ROBBINS “Quaint Cape Cod and its Summer Delights.” Boston. 1890. B/W. Attractive booklet with 2 folding maps. Map No.1.“New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Connections,” (13X10 inches), shows New England with a portion of New York State, & the railroad tracks leading from New York City to Cape Cod & Boston via Connecticut & Rhode Island. The New York, New Haven & Hartford tracks also connect to railroads serving the northeast to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & Upper New York State, ending in Montreal & Quebec in Canada. Map No.2 is titled “Map of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Cape Cod Division. Old Colony System”. (10X15 inches). It depicts the railroad tracks running from Woods Hole to Provincetown through Cape Cod, with other connections leading to New Bedford, Buzzards' Bay, Middleboro, Plymouth, Kingston & Duxbury. In the center is a small inset map with a view of a steamboat & sailing vessels located in offshore waters, and the little map is a reduced version of the primary map showing the railroad tracks from New York City to the Cape. Printed by Rand Avery in Boston in 1890, the booklet. contains the folding maps & has many small drawings of houses, beaches, windmills, lighthouses, ships & hotels, illustrating a detailed text of the history of Cape Cod & its attractions written by E. L. Robbins. A charming & interesting late 19th century tourist & visitors Pocket Guide.

MASS287 - J. F. W. DES BARRES “The Coast of New England.” London 1781.( Restrike 2002). Colored. 21X29½. This fine chart was reproduced from the original copper plate & is an excellent restrike that shows the Massachusetts coast from Cape Ann, Pigeon Hill & Thatcher's Island Light down to Marblehead & the entrance to Boston Harbor. The coast continues down to Plymouth, Barnstable Bay & Cape Cod & includes Buzzard's Bay & a section of Narragansett Bay depicting Newport, Warren & Conanicut Point. Offshore are Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket with hundreds of depth soundings & indications of shoals & low water areas. On the chart is a note saying “The Soundings & Nautical Remarks in this chart are laid down from the Observations of Lieut. Knight of the Navy & Pilots.” Captain Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (c.1729-1827) was a hydrographer & military engineer from Switzerland who emigrated to England & joined the British Army, then came to America during the Revolutionary War where he surveyed the coasts along with Samuel Holland (1728-1801) & upon his return to England he published his charts in “The Atlantic Neptune” from 1775-1781. In his later years he became the Colonial Administrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died at the age of 98 after a brilliant career as a surveyor & administrator. ( This restrike was engraved from the original copper plates in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society in August/September 2002.)

MASS288 - J. F. W. DES BARRES (Untitled) “Little Boars Head to Plum Island.” London. 1781. (Restrike 2002.) B/W/ 29½X23½. This fine chart was reproduced from the original copper plate & is an excellent restrike that shows the Massachusetts coast from Little Boars Head down to Plum Island. It depicts Hampton Harbor, Round Rock, Newbury Harbor with wharves & docks & buildings along the shore & includes Salisbury Point, Plum Island Sound & Ipswich Bay. Inland the chart shows topographical details of elevations, roads & rivers, & depicts small black dots indicating houses & commercial buildings throughout the wooded & low scrub terrain. A decorative compass pointer with fleur-de-lys motif & radiating rhumb lines is engraved in the offshore waters of Ipswich Bay. Captain Joseph Wallet Des Barres (c.1729-1827) was a hydrographer, cartographer & military surveyor from Switzerland who emigrated to England and joined the British Army, then came to America during the Revolutionary War where he surveyed the northeast coasts along with Samuel Holland (1728-1801) & upon his return to England he published his charts in “The Atlantic Neptune” from 1775-1781. In his later years he returned to the United States & Canada & became the Colonial Administrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia, dying at the age of 98. (This fine restrike was engraved from the original copper plates in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 2002)

MASS289 - J. F. W. DES BARRES “Nantucket Island.” London. 1781. (Restrike 2002). B/W. 30X21. This great chart of Nantucket shows the Harbor with wharves, Brant Point, Cliff Head, Capum Pond, Matekit Harbor, Smooth Hummock Pond, Micomit Point, Tom Never's Bluff, Siaskonsit, Sankoly Head, Sweseckechi, Squam Bluff, Coskeity Bluff, Galls Rock, Sandy Point & Courtu Point. Inland the chart depicts the Rope Walk, ponds & low scrub vegetation & off the western end of the island is the eastern tip of Tuckanunck Island & East Pond. The chart has a compass with radiating rhumb lines offshore with a note that states “To sail into Nantucket Harbor & Carry the Best Water over the Bar on which is 9 feet, Bring the Light House to Bear S.S.E. then Run for it Giving Brant Point a Birth and Haul In. The Buoy on the East Flat is seen in Day Time.” The chart also depicts beaches, shoals & low water areas. Captain Joseph Wallet Des Barres (c.1729-1827) was a hydrographer, cartographer & military engineer from Switzerland who emigrated to England & joined the British Army, then came to America in the Revolutionary War where he surveyed the northeast coasts along with Samuel Holland (1728-1801) & upon his return to England he published his charts in “The Atlantic Neptune” from 1775-1781. In his later years he returned to the United States & Canada where he became the Colonial Administrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia, dying at the age of 98 after a brilliant career in surveying & administration. (This fine restrike was engraved from the original copper plates in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society in 2002.)

MASS290 - G. ELDRIDGE “Edgartown.” Boston. c. 1901. B/W. 19X14. Excellent harbor chart shows Chappaquiddick Island, Katama Bay, Cape Poge Pond & Cape Poge with lighthouse. Depicts beaches, shoals, & low water areas, depth soundings, courses & sailing lines, anchorages, sunken rocks & other dangers. This fine chart is from George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.45.

MASS291 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Salem Harbor & Approaches. Massachusetts.” Wash. D.C. 1914. B/W. 25X35¼. Fine chart of the Massachusetts coast from Magnolia & Manchester down to Beverly & Danversport, Salem Harbor & Neck, and Marblehead Harbor & Neck. The charts depicts thousands of depth soundings along the shore, in the harbors & around the islands & includes buoys, beacons, lighthouses, rocks, shoals, bars & detailed shoreline contours with capes, bays & inlets. Also included are navigational notes on tides & soundings & a compass rose in the sea area, as an aid to mariners entering the area from o