This small, early map of Bermuda identifies the various tribes or parishes of the islands.  An 11-item key in the lower left corner of the map locates forts and other features (e.g., Kings Castle, Tucker Town).  Many bays, islands and points are also noted on the map proper.  On page with text describing "the Bermuda's" below the map.  This example is from the first edition of Morden's Geography Rectified published in 1680; subsequent editions appeared in 1688, 1693 and 1700.  Scarce.  Palmer, Printed Maps of Bermuda (2nd edition): p, 18; illustrated as frontis.      [Item no. 2636.]   $1,250.00.
 

2.  [California as an Island.]   Morden.   New Mexico vel New Granata et Marata et California by R. Morden.   1688 or later.  From Morden's Geography Rectified.   [London.]   Image size: 4 3/8 x 5."  Page size: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8."   Limited outline color. Typical show-through of text.  Very good.

          This lovely small map portrays -- very prominently -- "The Island of California," as well as what is now the southwestern United States.  The northern portion of the California island is designated "Nova Albion."   Santa Fe is among the settlements located near the R. del Norte.   McLaughlin, The Mapping of California as an Island: 98, State 2.   [Item no. 2666.]   $1,075.00.
 

3.  [Delaware.]   [Mason-Dixon Line.]   Gentleman's Magazine.    A Map of that Part of America where a Degree of Latitude was Measured for the Royal Society: By Cha. Mason, & Jere. Dixon.   Published in the December, 1769 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine.   London.   6 5/8 x 4."   Map is very good.  Magazine is disbound; very good.

          A small, contemporary map related to one of the most famous surveys in America.  The map portrays Delaware and adjacent areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.  Mason and Dixon began the survey of the Maryland/Pennsylvania border in April, 1765 to resolve a long-standing dispute between the two colonies.  They also made the first measurement of a degree of latitude in North America, which is the subject of this map. This map is a slight variant of one which appeared a year earlier in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.  Although the map is dated "Gent Mag. Nov. 1769" above the upper neat line, it is listed in the contents of the December, 1769 issue.  This example is still in the December, 1769 magazine and is accompanied by an article titled: "The Length of a Degree of Latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, determined from the Observations of Messrs Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, appointed by the Royal Society."  (The article is continued in the Supplement for 1769, which is also included with the map.)    Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800: 244.  Phillips cites only the Royal Society version of the map at pp. 393 & 674.    [Item no. 2679.]   SOLD.
 

4.  [East Coast/West Indies.]   [Moll.]  A Map of the English Plantations in America.   1695.  Published in Thesaurus Geographicus.  A New Body of Geography.   [London.]   7 x     7 3/8."  [On page measuring 12 1/4 x 7 3/4."]   A few small spots.  Minor paper imperfections.  Overall, very good. 

          A wonderful early depiction of the "English plantations" in America.  All of the Caribbean is shown as is the Gulf Coast and most of the East Coast of the present-day United States.  Only a few towns are identified on the East Coast (Boston, James Towne, Charles Towne) and the entire Gulf Coast area is labeled "Florida."  Block Island is shown as Black Island, and Bermudas appears in the Western Ocean.      [Item no. 2677.] SOLD.
 

5.  [Maine.]   Carey, Mathew. The Province of Maine, From the best Authorities by Samuel Lewis, 1794.   1795.  Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved.   [Philadelphia.]   14 1/2 x 9 5/8."   Old fold lines and repairs to fold separations on reverse.  Occasional spotting, primarily in the (wide) margins.  Number in ink in lower right margin.  Very dark, crisp impression.  Overall, a nice example. 

          One of the earlier published maps to portray just the District of Maine.  It shows "The Boundary Line between the United States and the British Possessions by Treaty 1783" -- a boundary line which would not be settled for almost another 50 years.  A single road is shown, presumably the post road.  It more or less follows what became Route 1 from York to Yarmouth, but then turns more northerly and ends at Pownalboro.  One of the classic 18th century maps of Maine.  Wheat & Brun, Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800: 169.  Smith: Bibliography of the Maps of Maine: 40.  Thompson: Important Maine Maps, Books, Prints and Ephemera: 104.  McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps, 1513-1800: Me 794.1.    [Item no. 2615.]   $625.00.
 

6.  [Massachusetts: Boston.]   Almon.    Map of the Environs of Boston. Drawn at Boston in June, 1775.   Published in London by J. Almon, according to Act of Parliament Augt. 28th 1775.   7 7/8 x 10."  Trimmed close at side neat lines (particularly at left), perhaps as issued.  Uniform age toning and occasional slight foxing.  One small hole at upper left not affecting text.  Two original vertical fold lines.

          A very nicely detailed map of the Boston area drawn in June, 1775, the month of the Bunker Hill battle.  It appeared in Almon's The Remembrancer in London.  Among the military details indicated are Provincial [Washington's] Head Quarters in Cambridge, a Fortification and Advanced Lines at either end of Boston Neck, the Camps and Lines of Generals Thomas and Ward, and Ships and Floating Batteries surrounding much of Charlestown. Breed's Pasture is located as well as Bunkers Hill.  While no street detail is provided for "Boston Town," the Hancock and Bowdoin Houses are identified.  Only two wharves appear in Boston, Hancock's and Long, the latter of which is shown as more than one-half mile long based on the scale provided.  A richly informative map of Boston at the very beginning of the Revolutionary War.  Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800: 274.  [Jolly describes maps from The Remembrancer as "practically unobtainable."]  Nebenzahl, A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795: 4.  Boston Engineering Department, List of Maps of Boston Published Subsequent to 1600: p. 24.  Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: 896.    [Item no. 2663.]   SOLD.
 

7.  [Nantucket Sound and Boston Blueback.]  Blunt, E. & G.W.    Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Sound From the U.S. Coast Surveys...1857. [on sheet with] Boston Harbor drawn from U.S. Coast Surveys. A.D. Bache, Supt. 1857.   1857.  E. & G.W. Blunt.   New York.   Sheet size: 25 x 39 1/2." Nantucket Sound chart: 21 1/4 x 26 1/4."  Boston Harbor chart: 10 1/2 x 13 3/8."   Occasional light soiling.  A few minor edge chips, well away from the image area.  A brief manuscript notation about tides next to the printed tide information.  Very good for a working chart. 

          A wonderful blueback chart of Nantucket Sound showing the east end of Martha's Vineyard (Holmes Hole to Cape Poge), the island of Nantucket and the Cape Cod shore from Falmouth to Chatham.  Numerous soundings are indicated and lighthouses are highlighted with red and yellow markings.  To the right of the main chart -- and oriented vertically -- is a smaller chart of Boston Harbor which also provides hundreds of soundings.  A very nicely preserved example of a magnificent chart of Nantucket Sound.    [Item no. 2654.]   $4,800.00.
 

8.  [Worcester, Massachusetts -- Book with Map.]    Whitney, Peter.    The History of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...To which is prefixed, A Map of the County, At Large, From Actual Survey.   1793.  Printed...by Isaiah Thomas.   Worcester, Massachusetts.   vi, 7-339 pp.   Original calf binding: dried and abraded.  Boards remain tenuously attached.  Corners bumped.  Slight chipping at head and tail of spine.  Internally very sound except for spotting to first three leaves and staining to margins of end papers.  Map (attached as issued) has expected moderate offsetting and a binding edge tear of about 1/2."

          This is one of the earliest county histories published in the United States.  It is complete with the map, also an early production of a county map in the U.S.  The map is titled: A Map of the County of Worcester, by Charles Baker Esqr. & Capn John Pierce of said County.  It measures 14 x 12 1/2."  There are no listings of the map in the Antique Map Price Record between 1983-2004.  Evans: 26481. Howes: W-391.  Sabin: 103769. For the map: Wheat & Brun: 211.       [Item no. 2668.]   $1,250.00.
 

9.  [Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island Pocket Map.] The States of Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island From the best Authorities.   1832.  Published by Andrus & Judd.   Hartford, Conn.   16 x 20."   Full original color by county.  Some staining, primarily the remains of old tape repairs.  Tears at folds.  Now laid down on tissue.  Original folder, well worn, included.

          A scarce, relatively early pocket map of southern New England.  Only one other example of this map -- an 1833 edition -- appears in the Antique Map Price Record from 1983-2004.      [Item no. 2660.]   $600.00.
 

10.  [Mid Atlantic/Southeast Coast.]   Eldridge, George. Eldridge's Chart No. 8.  Montauk Point to St. Augustine with New York Harbor on a large scale.   1874.  Published by S. Thaxter & Son.   Boston.   50 x 36."  [New York Bay inset measures 15 1/2 x 14 1/4."]    Laid down on linen.  Two tears of about 4" each at top of chart expertly repaired.  Age-toned with lower 6" somewhat darker than the balance of the chart.  Occasional light staining.  Some vertical crinkling of surface.  Typical short tears and wear at margins.  Typical condition for a working chart.

          A coasting chart from Long Island to northern Florida.  No land features are shown other than numerous light houses, which are indicated by red and yellow spots.  Indeed, Guthorn suggests that the Eldridge charts competed successfully against the less expensive U.S. Coast Survey charts in part because of "good design, simplicity, omission of extraneous shore topography..."  There are two labels on the reverse of the chart -- one bearing the title and the other listing the ten charts that comprised the current Eldridge catalogue.  Eldridge's firm survives today in Boston; it continues to publish a book of tide tables.   For Eldridge, see: Guthorn, United States Coastal Charts 1783-1861: p. 12.    [Item no. 2665.]   SOLD.