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Miniature of BMC 74--America Septentrionalis oder Mitternachtiger Theil von America [...], 1762
BMC 74--America Septentrionalis oder Mitternachtiger Theil von America [...], 1762
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of BMC 84--A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations, 1774
BMC 84--A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations, 1774
This large, detailed map of New England was compiled by Braddock Mead (alias John Green), and first published by Thomas Jefferys in 1755. Green was an Irish translator, geographer, and editor, as well as one of the most talented British map-makers at mid-century. The map was re-published at the outset of the American Revolution, as it remained the most accurate and detailed survey of New England. Of interest are engraved double lines found beneath certain place-names, including Boston. These lines indicate cities whose longitude had been calculated with the aid of the newly invented marine chronometer. Includes compilation data and insets of "A plan of the town of Boston" and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurate survey."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of BMC 54--Pascatway River in New England, circa 1670
BMC 54--Pascatway River in New England, circa 1670
The surveyor who drew the original map is unknown, except for his initials "J. S." The map is undated. The first letter of each line of verse just to the right of the map's title, when read vertically from top to bottom, spells out "James Duke of York." The map was therefore made sometime between 1660 and 1685, during the reign of Charles II of England, when his younger brother James held the title of Duke of York.
The surveyor was trying to flatter the duke:

Just Great and Good are Princely epithets
And each of these your highness well befitts
My aime with your great virtues cannot want
Encouragement (craving what's fit to grant)
Serenest Prince I heer (unto your eye)
Declare (by mapp) how England's strength doth lye
Unseen in rivers of the New Plantations
Kingly commanding heads of other nations
Equally it to honor neither Spain
Or the boasting Dutch can shew the like againe!
Freely accept (Great Sire) the loyaltie
Your meanest servant offers to your eye
Oceans and rivers ring loud peales of faime
Resounding echoes to your honor'd name
Kind heav'ns and stars continue long the same.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of BMC 33--Profile of Pemaquid Fort
BMC 33--Profile of Pemaquid Fort
Sketch map of Pemaquid Fort. Cartographer and date unknown. Board of Trade maps, Vol. 10, Number 48.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
Miniature of Profile of Rapid River
Profile of Rapid River
Rapid River profile,1912. Tracing, approximately 12 x 21 inches.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Water Storage Commission Maps and Plans
Miniature of Androscoggin River Survey, Livermore Falls to Errol, New Hampshire Sheet 11
Androscoggin River Survey, Livermore Falls to Errol, New Hampshire Sheet 11
Androscoggin River Survey, Livermore Falls to Errol, New Hampshire, 1906. Approximately 37 x 30 inches. Sketch. Sheet number 11.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Water Storage Commission Maps and Plans
Miniature of Map of Maine, Rangeley and Megantic District
Map of Maine, Rangeley and Megantic District
Map of Maine, Rangeley and Megantic District, 1902. Approximately 24 x 20 inches. Color.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Water Storage Commission Maps and Plans
Miniature of [Falmouth]. A Draft of a Parsell of Land Lyinge att Barrberry Crick in Falmouth province of Maine cont[aining] 5 acres.
[Falmouth]. A Draft of a Parsell of Land Lyinge att Barrberry Crick in Falmouth province of Maine cont[aining] 5 acres.
Survey of land near Barberry Creek near Falmouth. Surveyed for Edward Tynge in 1687. From "Ancient Plans, Grants Etc. Vol 1 PAge 35." Copied from Massachusetts Archives Maps and Plans #150.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Cumberland County
Miniature of [Falmouth]. A Drafft of a Mile Square With One Dwelling House and a Saw Mill...
[Falmouth]. A Drafft of a Mile Square With One Dwelling House and a Saw Mill...
Survey of land for Captain Sulvenious Davis. Copied from Massachusetts Archives Maps and Plans #141. From "Archives, Vol. 3, Page 354."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Cumberland County
Miniature of [New Gloucester]. Survey of the land belonging to the Shaker community.
[New Gloucester]. Survey of the land belonging to the Shaker community.
Survey of the land belonging to the Shaker community in New Gloucester and Poland. From "Senate Papers 1810 Number 4105." Copied from Massachusetts Archives Maps and Plans #2615.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Cumberland County