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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. 

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.

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 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. 

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.   

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.

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.

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.

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 and 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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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 offshore. Chart is rolled but in fine condition. No. 244.

MASS293 - G. ELDRIDGE “Nantucket Mass.” Boston. 1929. 14X19. B/W. Excellent chart of the entrance to Nantucket Harbor showing the Tuckernuck Gas Buoy & a course between the Jetties dredged to 15 feet, to the Harbor itself. Depicts Brant Point Light with Tower & a block plan of Nantucket with wharves & anchorages & streets leading down to the waterfront .Includes depth soundings & navigational notes on buoys, tides, rocks & other dangers to be encountered offshore. This fine chart was published by George Eldridge in his “Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston.” No. 46. Condition. Very good.

MASS294 - U. S. C & G. S. “United States. East Coast. Massachusetts. Nantucket Harbor.” Wash. D.C. 1936 (1940) Black/yellow color. 25X29½. This fine chart of Nantucket Harbor shows the entrance to the Harbor between Brant Point & Coatue Point. Depicts street block plan of the town & harbor, & locates commercial buildings & wharves where the fishing boats tie up & the ferries from Woods Hole and Hyannis dock on a daily basis. The chart shows Shimmo Point & Pinny's Point, buoys & beacons & notes on tides & courses. Depicts hundreds of depth soundings offshore & in the Harbor entrance. This chart #343 was taken from the chartroom of the U. S. S. Inaugural, a World War II Minesweeper, built in 1944, which became, after the War, a Museum Ship on the St. Louis, Missouri waterfront & was sunk when the Mississippi River flooded in 1993.

MASS296 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States. East Coast. Massachusetts. Vineyard Haven.” Wash. D.C. 1937 (1946) 24X27. Grey/yellow color. Large chart shows West Chop & street block plan of Vineyard Haven. Depicts Lagoon Pond, Eastville & East Chop with street block plan of Oak Bluffs & the shore down to Sengekontacket Pond. Locates Nantucket Sound & hundreds of depth soundings in sea areas, buoys & beacons & lights. Includes a list of lighthouses & navigational notes on tides. The chart was taken from the chartroom of the U.S.S. Inaugural, a World War II Minesweeper which, after the War became a Museum Ship on the St. Louis, Missouri waterfront, until 1993 when she sank after the Mississippi River flooded it's banks. The charts in the chartroom were saved before the ship went down.

MASS297 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States. East Coast. Massachusetts. Hyannis Harbor & Vicinity.” Wash. D.C. 1942-45. Grey/yellow coloration. 33X37½. Large, handsome chart shows the coast from Centerville & it's harbor, to West Hyannisport, Hyannis Harbor, Lewis Bay, Pt. Gammon & Great Island to West & South Yarmouth & the Bass river, & West & South Dennis. Depicts the Dogfish Bank & thousands of depth soundings in sea areas & includes navigational notes on tides, currents, lights, buoys & beacons. This fine chart was taken from the chartroom of the U.S.S. Inaugural, a WWII Minesweeper, which, after the War, became a Museum Ship on the St. Louis, Missouri waterfront, until 1993 when she sank after the Mississippi River flooded it's banks after a major storm. Good condition, with folds.

MASS298 - WALLING & GRAY “City of New Bedford” Phila. 1871. Colored. 14½X12. Very colorful map shows New Bedford on the Acushnet River across from Fair Haven & depicts block plan of the City with wharves, mills, glass works & 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 & locates the New Bedford & Fair Haven Bridge connecting the two cities across the river. An excellent map with good detail.

MASS299 - WALLING & GRAY “City of Newburyport.” Phila. 1871. Colored. 11½X10. Attractive map shows street block plan of the City with shipyards, wharves, buildings & sheds on the Merrimac River. Depicts the track of the Eastern Railroad running through the City & the Passenger Station between Strong & Winter Streets. Includes the Oak Hill Cemetery, the Town Hall, schools, churches, mills & hotels. This fine map has excellent details & was published by H. F. Walling & Ormando W. Gray in their “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts ” in 1871.

MASS300 -U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Comparative Sketch of the Handkerchief Shoal at the Entrance to Nantucket Sound. Mass. Showing Its Increase.” Wash. D.C. 1876. Colored. 15X11. Chart shows the Shoal, Monomoy Light & a compass pointer indicating True North. Includes reference to Surveys in 1853 & the increase of 1874 & 1875. Also includes mileage scales in Nautical & Statute Miles. A good chart showing a dangerous area at the entrance to Nantucket Sound.

MASS301 - WALLING & GRAY “Untitled. 3 Maps on One Sheet. 1.) Dukes (Martha's Vineyard), 2.) Nantucket, 3.) Barnstable County (Cape Cod.)” Boston 1871. Colored. 15X23. This beautiful map includes Vineyard Sound & the Elizabeth Islands along with Martha's Vineyard. Nantucket is finely drawn with bays & beaches, & Cape Cod is intensely detailed showing towns, harbors, bays, roads & lighthouses & Monomoy off Chatham & Stage Harbor. Also includes a mileage scale with 2½ miles to an inch. The map was published in the “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From astronomical, Trigonometrical & Various Local Surveys Compiled & Corrected by H. F. Walling & O. W. Gray. Printed by Stedman, Brown & Lyon in Boston in 1871. An attractive map in fine condition.

MASS302 - WALLING & GRAY “Middlesex County” Boston. 1871. Colored. 15X23. Colorful map shows the County with Concord in center & a note indicating the Monument dated 19th April, 1775. Also depicts Lexington Village, also with a Monument of the same date. Locates many cities & towns and depicts Walden Forest & Lake, Lincoln center & North Sudbury & shows many rivers, bridges, hills, swamps, roads & railroads. Includes harbors along the coast from Nahant to Revere, Winthrop & Boston down to Dorchester Bay, Quincy, Weymouth & North Cohasset. Locates many islands at the entrance to Boston Harbor with lighthouses & courses through the islands. This fine map was published in the “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From Astronomical & Trigonometrical & Various Local Surveys Compiled & Corrected by H. F Walling & O. W. Gray.” Printed by Stedman, Brown & Lyon in Boston in 1871. A fine map in very good condition.

MASS303 - WALLING & GRAY “Bristol County” Boston. 1871. Colored. 23X15. This handsome map shows the County bordered in the west by Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay & the Saughonet River. Depicts cities towns & harbors & locates Fall River, Fairhaven, Taunton, Dartmouth, Westport & New Bedford & includes the offshore islands of Cuittyhunk, Pasque & Nashawena. The map was published in the “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From Astronomical, Trigonometrical & Various Local Surveys Compiled & Corrected by H. F. Walling & O. W. Gray. Printed by Stedman, Brown & Lyon in Boston 1871. Very good condition.

MASS304 - WALLING & GRAY “Plymouth County” Boston. 1871. Colored. 23X14½. Fine map with excellent coastal details shows the shoreline from Winthrop down to Presidents Roads & islands, & Hull down to Cohasset & Duxbury Bay to Plymouth & the Courthouse. Includes part of Buzzards Bay & the Monument River, Sippican Harbor & Village, & Mattapoisett Harbor & Neck. Inland map shows many cities & towns, roads & railroads. The map was published in the “Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From Astronomical, Trigonometrical & Various Local Surveys Compiled & Corrected by H. F. Walling & O. W. Gray. Printed in Boston in 1871 by Stedman, Brown & Lyon.

MASS305 - WALLING & GRAY “Berkshire County.” Boston. 1871. Colored. 23X14½. Fine map of the County shows Lenox & Lenox Furnace, the Shaker Village, Barrington, Williamstown, North Adams, Hoosac, Berkshire, Hinsdale, Southfield, Woodruff Mountain & Rattlesnake Mountain; & depicts woolen mills, saw mill, mineral spa, brickyard, iron works, churches, roads & railroads, rivers & mountain ranges. The map was published in “The Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts From Astronomical, Trigonometrical & Various Local Surveys Compiled & Corrected By H. F. Walling & O. W. Gray. Printed in Boston in 1871 by Stedman, Brown & Lyon. A colorful map with excellent detail of cities & towns.

MASS306 - G. H. WALKER “Atlas Plate No. 18. Town & city Plans of Part of Massachusetts & Rhode Island.” Boston. 1891. Colored. 19X26. Center of chart shows Dartmouth, Massachusetts with it's Post Office & Russells Mill. Depicts roads & railroads, & the East Branch of the Westport River flowing down to Buzzard's Bay. Locates New Bedford, Fairhaven & Westport & the coast from Mattapoisett Harbor down to Westport Harbor, The map also locates Fall River, Somerset & Swansea & Little Compton in Rhode Island. George Walker was a well-known lithographer & publisher of maps & atlases in Boston in the late 19th century who specialized in maps & atlases of the cities & towns in the State of Massachusetts. A fine colorful map.

MASS309 - J. YEAGER “Boston With It's Environs.” Phila. 1832. Colored. 6¼X9. Excellent small map of Boston & it's harbor shows all the islands off shore and ship's tracks through them. Includes a Reference Table indicating primary places in Boston such as Faneuil Hall & Dock Square, Old South Meeting House, Beacon Hill, Fort Hill, Cops Hill, Fort on Nodalles Island erected after Boston was evacuated, & includes battle grounds & sieges indicated by flags. The map was engraved by Joseph Yeager for the 1832 edition of John Marshall's “Life of Washington.” First issued in 1804. Published by J. Crissy, Philadelphia 1832. Very good condition.

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MASS313 - N. S. SHALER “Geologic Map of Martha's Vineyard Showing Substructure by N. S. Shaler.” Wash. D. C. 1888. Colored. 7X8½. Very detailed geologic survey shows Vineyard Sound, Pasque Island, Robinson's Hole & Naushon with Tarpaulin Cove Light. Depicts Holmes Hole Light, West Chop & East Chop Lights. Edgartown Light. Menemsha Bight, Chappaquiddick, Cotamy Bay & Cape Poge Light. Includes beaches & bluffs & a table showing areas above & below sea level, depth soundings in approximate feet & depicts topographical details on the island with hills & ponds, roads, rivers & creeks. This fine Geologic Survey was drawn by N. S. Shaler for the Seventh Annual Report issued by the U. S. Government in Washington, D.C. in 1888. Good condition.

MASS314 - G. ELDRIDGE “Eldridge's Map of Martha's Vineyard.” Vineyard Haven 1913. Colored. 23X32. Striking and colorful map of Martha's Vineyard shows the island surrounded by sailing vessels, steamers, fishing boats, excursion steamers & coastal sloops. Depicts the sailing lines & distances from major places & harbors of interest to visitors to the island & notes that the distance from Portland, Maine to New York is 354 miles. The map shows Vineyard Haven harbor, Edgartown, Chappaquidick, Menemsha Bight, Oak Bluffs, Chilmark & Tisbury, Cape Poge & Gay Head. Includes a tourist booklet and a small inset titled “Plan Showing the relative position of Martha's Vineyard with the Mainland.” The map was folded into the booklet but has been pressed flat and is in very good condition. A fine example of a great map.

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