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BMC 77--Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam, Terram Corte, 1585
Map of North America, derived from Cornelis de Jode's 1593 Americae Pars Borealis. This map depicts all of North America from the unexplored Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The map predates the exploration of Samuel de Champlain but draws upon those of Jacques Cartier, Sebastian Cabot, Giovanni Verrazano, Sir Walter Raleigh, John White and Jacques Le Moyne. A long narrow waterway to the north represents the North West Passage. Some place names have been left out, including the settlements of Bermuda, St. Augustine, Roanoke,and Chesapeake. A second peninsula is shown to the west of Florida.
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps


BMC 78--Sketch of unidentified British fort
Undated sketch of unidentified British fort. Artist is unknown.
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps


BMC 79B--Plan du Port et Ville de Louisbourg, dans l’Isle Royale, circa 1744
Plan of the port and town of Louisbourg in Isle Royale.
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps


BMC 11--A New Map of the North Parts of America Claimed by France under Names of Louisiana, Mississippi, Canada and New France with Adjoining Territories of England and Spain. 1720
In 1720, London geographer and mapmaker, Herman Moll, published this map focusing on France's North American possessions. In a message below the title, he warned his British audience of French encroachment on neighboring English interests in the region and urged them to preserve old friendships with the Iroquois and Cherokees. The depiction of the Southeast was based on recent English surveys, particularly those of Richard Berresford and Capt. Thomas Naime. However, the Southwest, where California is depicted as island, was based on outdated information that was mistakenly accepted by European mapmakers from the mid-17th century until the early 18th century. Depths shown by soundings. Includes notes and illustration of "The Indian Fort Sasquesahanok." Insets: The harbour of Annapolis Royal -- A map of ye mouth of Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] and Mobile Rivers
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps




BMC 60--Nouvelle France, Nova Anglia, Nova Scotia, and Virginia, 1684
Manuscript map by William Hack dated 1684 and covers the east coast from Virginia to Nova Scotia. 'Pennsilvania' is prominently marked on the Delmarva Peninsula. Includes the Great Lakes, described as “the Grand Lake of the Sweet Sea.”
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps


BMC 62A--L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e parte di Massachusset e Connceticut, 1778
Map of Acadia, the provinces of Sagadahoc and Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Depicts the Northeastern coast, extending from the Hamptons on Long Island and the Connecticut River and showing all of New England, the Bay of Fundy and Acadia. The map, while issued separately as part of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, is one of 12 sections comprising the Italian edition of Mitchell's map of North America. John Mitchell's map of North America was one of the most important American maps of the 18th Century and is the foundation for virtually all boundary disputes and treaties beginning with the French & Indian War. It was drawn from the first available English and Indigenous surveys and includes detail regarding towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other regional features.
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  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps


BMC 62B--L'Acadia, le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, la Nuova Hampshire, la Rhode Island, e parte di Massachusset e Connceticut, 1778
Map of Acadia, the provinces of Sagadahoc and Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Depicts the Northeastern coast, extending from the Hamptons on Long Island and the Connecticut River and showing all of New England, the Bay of Fundy and Acadia. The map, while issued separately as part of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, is one of 12 sections comprising the Italian edition of Mitchell's map of North America. John Mitchell's map of North America was one of the most important American maps of the 18th Century and is the foundation for virtually all boundary disputes and treaties beginning with the French & Indian War. It was drawn from the first available English and Indigenous surveys and includes detail regarding towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other regional features.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Baxter Rare Maps