(London Magazine.)   A View of the Rivers Kenebec and Chaudiere, with Colonel Arnold's Route to Quebec.   1776.   Published by R. Baldwin.  From London Magazine, September, 1776.   London.   7 1/4 x 4 1/2."   Professionally cleaned with slight traces of foxing; diagonal crease line through top right corner.  Overall, very good.  A wonderful small map portraying Benedict Arnold's route to Quebec during the autumn of 1775.  The map depicts the area from the mouth of the Kennebec River at the Atlantic Ocean to Quebec.  Among the towns identified are George Town, Pownalborough, and Norridgwalk.  A dotted line from Ammeguntick Lake to Pt. Levi represents "Colonel Arnold's Route in 1775."  The map is dated September, 1776 at the right just above the neat line.    Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800: 293.  Nebenzahl, A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795: 42.   [Item No. 2146.] SOLD.

(Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet.)   [Chart of the Coast from Cape Elizabeth to Musketo Island.]   ca. 1776.   London.   Two sheets, each approximately 22 x 30 1/4" in total size.  Image area: approximately 41 3/4 x 29 3/8," when the two sheets are joined.  This striking Des Barres chart has been expertly restored after having been water-damaged at some point.  The leaf-plating process was used to recreate areas of the chart which had been lost.  In addition, certain image areas -- primarily the mileage scale and latitude scale along the right side of the chart -- have been professionally recreated.  There is no loss of geographic image area, although most of the imprint below the lower right neat line has been lost.  The area of paper replacement and staining is a maximum of 5" along the lower, right and upper edges of the chart.  The result is a chart which, while acknowledging its age of more than 225 years, is very presentable.
      This is a wonderful, large-scale map of the mid-coast of Maine from the early Revolutionary War period.  It includes all of Casco Bay (naming the larger islands) and extends north to about present-day Tenants Harbor.  Among the features named are Mericonig Sound (now Merriconeag), New Meadows River, Sheepscutt (Sheepscot) River, Damoriscotti (Damariscotta) River, Gemaquid (Pemaquid) Point and Manheigin (Monhegan) Island.  Curiously, soundings appear only for Muscongus Sound.  The chart is somewhat different from most of the others in the Atlantic Neptune in that it provides considerable inland detail, primarily along the Kennebec River.  This was undoubtedly a reflection of the military importance of the Neptune to the British -- both Fort Western (at Augusta) and Fort Halifax (at Winslow) appear on the chart.  This is the first state of the chart as catalogued by Stevens.  About this state, he notes: "A very large number of settlement lots are shown, marked out with faint dotted lines, in many cases enclosing square black dots representing buildings.  This first state with the unscaled top and bottom borders is found only in the earliest copies of the New England Section which it is believed was issued separately before being incorporated with the Neptune."  The chart has the LVG watermark. A very desirable chart, reflecting skillful restoration.  Stevens, Catalogue of the Atlantic Neptune: 103. Sellers and Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789:  851.   [Item no. 2557.]   $1,250.00.

(Des Barres.)   [Chart of Maine/New Brunswick Coast: Grand Manan Island, Passamaquoddy Bay & River.]   1778.   London.     Four sheets,  joined: 66 x 48.5."   Staining, especially lower right quadrant.  Some chipping and raggedness at edges as paper has become somewhat brittle.  One tear of 3" into image area at top right.
This appears to be the first state of this very large, perhaps even cumbersome, chart of Passamaquoddy Bay.  It is comprised of four sheets which have been joined to form a complete chart.  Stevens notes that it usually occurs in two sections of two sheets each.   Stevens further notes that the copper plates were cut down by 2 3/4" each for the second and subsequent states of the chart.  The chart identifies Bayles Mistake, Little River, Cobscook Bay, the St. Croix River, Moose Island, Grand Bay of Pasamaquody (sic),  Grand Manan Island and Campo Bello Island.  The chart bears the date January 27, 1778.   A rarely offered chart.  Stevens Collection of the Atlantic Neptune: 115 & 116.    [Item No. 2036.]   SOLD.

(Reid.)   The Province of Maine from the best Authorities 1795.   [1796.]   From Reid's The American Atlas.  [New York.]   14 1/2 x 10."   Very clean example.  Fairly narrow, but apparently original, margins.  Small nick in margin at upper right corner.  Left margin reinforced on reverse.  Tear of 3/4" at lower left just crosses neat line.  Very strong impression.
This is one of the classic maps of the province of Maine from the early American atlases. Wheat & Brun state that it was copied from the Samuel Lewis map that appeared in Mathew Carey's American Atlas of 1795. (Although Lewis' "Skuttock Hills" have become "Skullock Hills" to the north of Frenchman's Bay...)  Wells is identified as "Well" and Machias Bay appears as "Mechias Bay."  A very nice 18th century rendition of the then-province of Maine. Wheat & Brun, Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800: 176.   [Item no. 2534.]   $675.00.

(Doolittle.)   A Map of the District of Maine with New Bruswick & Nova Scotia.   1796.   From: Morse's The American Universal Geography.   (Boston.)   7 x 9 1/8."   Several tears of less than 1" each have been mended on the reverse.
This five-county map of the District of Maine includes New Bruswick, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.  Moosehead Lake is shown as "Mose Head Lake" and a huge Scoodic Lake appears in the center of the District.  Wheat & Brun 175.    [Item No. 2052.]   $250.00.

(Payne.)   The Province of Maine from the Best Authorities  1799.   1799.   From: Payne's A New and Complete Universal Geography.   Philadelphia ?   10 5/8 x 7 1/4."   A very good copy with occasional light foxing.
Fanciful lakes and mountain ranges are indicated, as is an apparent road from York to Pownalboro along the coast.  Considerable coastal detail includes Boone I., C. Neddock, Richmond I., C. Elizabeth, Manhegin I., Pemaquid Pt., I. au Haut, Mt. Desart I. and Mechias B.  Wheat& Brun 178.    [Item No. 2051.]   $275.00.

(Arrowsmith & Lewis.)   Maine.   1812   From: A New and Elegant Atlas.   (Boston.)   8 x 9 3/4."   Uniformly age-toned with limited light spotting.
This is a nice six-county, pre-Statehood map of Maine.  The northern third of the then-District is not included in this map.  However, a note indicates: "The northern parts of this District are very full of lakes, &c. with many very high mountains, but their situations are not correctly known."    [Item No. 2049.]   $125.00.

(U.S. Government)   Map of Portland Harbor, Maine Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Col. John Anderson...1833.   1834.   23d Congress, 1st Session, House Doc. No. 491.   Washington, DC   18 x 20."   Folded as issued, areas of moderate foxing, no intersection holes.
Depicts the Portland peninsula with roads and wharves shown but not named.  Among the features identified are the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, the Observatory on Mount Joy and Fort Preble.  Several islands are identified, including Peakes, Banges and House.  The waterfront area of what is now South Portland is identified as Cape Elizabeth.  A five-page report on the survey accompanies the chart.   [Item No. 2010]   $300.00.

(U.S. Coast Survey.)   Preliminary Chart of Portland Harbor Maine...1854.   1854.   U.S. Coast Survey.   New York.   27 x 21.5."   Attractive wash outline color.  Light to moderate fold browning and neat line trimmed at left.
This wonderfully detailed chart of Portland Harbor was drawn by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry's brother.  Alexander had a long career at the US Coast Survey.  The chart encompasses the area from Trundy's Reef in Cape Elizabeth to the Presumpscot River inlet.  It includes several of the islands of Casco Bay, the wharf detail of Portland harbor and hundreds of soundings.   An inset provides "A Sketch of Approaches to Portland Harbor."   Sailing directions are also provided, indicating the dangers of Trundy's and Jordan's Reefs.    [Item No. 2053.]   SOLD.

(U.S. Coast Survey.)   Harbors of Camden and Rockport Maine from a Trigonometrical Survey...1864.   1864.   U.S. Coast Survey.   (Washington, DC.)   18 1/8 x 14 3/4."   Light fold browning, no breaks at folds.
A much better than usual example of an attractive Coast Survey chart.  A detailed Coast Survey chart of the Camden-Rockport area, with numerous soundings and considerable interior detail, with roads and individual buildings shown.  Among the features identified are Goose Rock, Graves and Negro I.  Notes on the tides and soundings appear to the left of the chart.    [Item No. 2134.]   SOLD.

(U.S. Coast Survey.)   Booth Bay Harbor Maine From a Trigonometrical Survey...Triangulation by F.P. Webber...Topography by P.C.F. West, Asst. and  F.W. Dorr, Sub Asst...Scale 1/40,000  1864.   1864.   U.S. Coast Survey.   (Washington, DC.)   19 3/4 x 15 1/2."   Original fold lines with only a trace of darkening;  attractive color.
A wonderful chart encompassing Seguin Island, Sagadahoc Bay, Five Islands, Townsend Gut, Southport Island, Boothbay Harbor, Linekin's Bay and Neck, and Damiscove Island.  Many capes, islands and harbors are identified, and numerous soundings are shown.     [Item No. 2113.]   SOLD.

(U.S. Coast Survey.)   Winter Harbor Maine From a Trigonometrical Survey...Triangulation by F.P. Webber Topography by C. Rockwell Sub-Assistants Hydrography by H. Anderson S. Ast. Scale 1/20,000  1867.  1867.   U.S. Coast Survey.   (Washington, DC.)   19 3/4 x 14 7/8."   Original fold lines with slight fold darkening.  Fold split of 1 1/4" at top, just through the neat line.  Very minor loss at fold intersection in middle of chart.  Overall, at least good.
As the first U.S. Coast Survey chart to be produced in full color by chromolithography, this is an important chart.  It portrays Frenchman's Bay and Winter Harbor Sound in considerable detail with a scale of 1:20,000.  Among the numerous features identified are Iron Round Island, Halibut Hole, Grindstone Neck, Roaring Bull, Mosquito Harbor Light and Schoodac Point.  A very attractive and significant chart.    [Item No. 2114.]   $300.00.
 

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