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Miniature of BMC 13--L'Amerique, ou, Le nouveau continent : dresseè sur les memoires les plus nouveaux et sur les relations les plus recentes, rectifiez sur les dernieres observàtions. 1742

BMC 13--L'Amerique, ou, Le nouveau continent : dresseè sur les memoires les plus nouveaux et sur les relations les plus recentes, rectifiez sur les dernieres observàtions. 1742

Published in Paris by John Baptist Nolin (mapmaker); Engraver: Charles Cochin Covers Western Hemisphere from New Zealand to western coast of Europe and Africa. Rare map of America, one of the earliest to illustrate the Sea of the West. The map also includes an interesting treatment of Florida as an Archipelago, and detail in California and the Mississippi Valley. Also includes an interesting projection of New Zealand and location of many Islands in the Pacific, many of which are either fanciful or badly misplaced. Nolin dedicates this map to Monseigneur LAW controlleur general des finances. John Law was a Scottish financier, who was masterminding the economic recovery of France, one element of his plan being the exploitation of the French possessions in Louisiana, the so-called Mississippi scheme, which was briefly successful and set off a wild period of speculation, before the Mississippi Bubble burst. Law fled to Venice in disgrace, but not before creating one of the first speculative booms based upon American real estate.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps

BMC 35--Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des decouvertes qui y ont été faites

De L'Isle's seminal map of Canada, the Great Lakes, Rocky Mountain area, and Upper Midwest; one of the most important and influential maps of Canada published in the 18th Century. Engraved map in outline color. Shows forested areas. Covers eastern Canada and the United States south to 39 degrees N. Incorporates Lahontan's imaginary features including the Pays des Gnacsitares and the Riviere Morte.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps

Miniature of Letter of Charles R. Brown of Carroll, ME, 6th Maine Battery, written September 18, 1862, about Battle of Antietam (also known as Battle of Sharpsburg).

Letter of Charles R. Brown of Carroll, ME, 6th Maine Battery, written September 18, 1862, about Battle of Antietam (also known as Battle of Sharpsburg).

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Letter of Charles R. Brown of Carroll

BMC 49--Coast of New England from Berwick, Maine to Cape Cod

Map of the coast of New England from Cape Cod to Wells and Berwick, Maine. Date and cartographer unknown.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps

BMC 51--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 50.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Baxter Rare Maps