Baxter Rare Maps

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BMC 48--A Plan of the Compact Part of the Town of Exeter at the Head of the Southerly Branch of Piscataqua River, 1802
Map of Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire drawn by Phinehas Merrill. Oriented with north to the right. Buildings (some labeled) shown pictorially.
1802

BMC 57--Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Maine, circa 1822
Early map of Maine, hand colored by counties. Roads, towns, rivers, and lakes are included on map. Key notes flags for 10 remarkable battles. Text surrounds map, which includes details concerning the topography, indigenous lands, rivers, climate, towns, manufacturing, commerce, education, history, population by county, and other information. Buchon follows the format of Carey & Lea's Atlas. The atlas was issued in six editions in English, French & German between 1822 and 1827.
1822

BMC 58--Carta Della Nuova Inghilterra Nuova Iork, e Pensilvania; 1763
Map of New England and Mid-Atlantic region prior to the American Revolution. In Delaware only Wilmington and New Castle are shown. Italian edition of Bellin's 1757 map. Appears in Masi's "Il Gazzettiere Americano." Published in Livorno, Italy, 1763.
1763


BMC 64--Almond-shaped Mappa Mundi by Ranulf Higden circa 1350
An example of Higden’s mandorla (almond-shaped) mappa mundi, or medieval map of the world and is oriented with East at the top. It uses place names to show relative positions and locations and virtually no attempt to draw the actual landmasses or bodies of water. Original map in the collections of the British Library, Royal MS. 14 C.xii, fol. 9v.
1350

BMC 40--Plan of Part of Penobscot River, 1771
Survey of Penobscot River in 1771. Includes lands belonging to General Waldo's heirs, Province Lands and Governor Hutchinson. Mentions Fort Pownall, Fort Halifax, Cape Jellison, Frankfort Township, and Indian lands.
1771

BMC 41--New Ireland and Main[e], 1770
Survey of New Ireland and Main[e] by Samuel Holland, Surveyor General for England. Includes New Hampshire and Nova Scotia borders, the Bay of Fundy "or Argal," the St. John River, and the Territory of Sagadahok.
1770

BMC 46--A Map of Piscataqua River, 1708
Map of Piscataqua River from Portsmouth to Berwick in 1708. Mapmaker is unknown.
1708

BMC 50--The Prospect of Saco Fort, 1699
Map of Saco Fort circa 1699. Includes Captain's lodgings, Indian magazine, Lieutenants' rooms, Sergeants' rooms, soldiers' rooms, store house, blacksmith shop, and Indian Island. See also BMC 51.
1699

BMC 55--The Province of Maine From the Best Authorities, 1794
Early state of one of the earliest obtainable maps of the Province of Maine. Includes towns, a road from Piscataqua Harbor to Pownalboro, rivers, and mountains. The line between the US and British possessions by Treaty of 1783 is shown.
1794