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BMC 15--Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata . . .; circa 1684
- Second state of Danckerts’ map of New Netherlands, including a view of New Amsterdam, now also called "Nieuw Yorck." Includes inset view of the Dutch colony on Manhattan Island. The cartographic information is based upon Jansson's map of 1650. This map was issued about 1684 and shows Philadelphia for the first time, as well as adding farm animals. It also shows the Battery and Dutch buildings on the waterfront. The Delaware River is completely revised so that it no longer connects with the Hudson River. Pennsylvania is named; its boundary is marked. The addition of domesticated farm animals in the New Netherlands colony is of historical note. The Dutch colonists were, by the 1680s, increasingly disillusioned with the support they were receiving from Holland. A delegation was sent to Den Haag to appeal for more support, money, settlers, etc. One of the by-products of the colonist's meeting / plea was the revision of this map as a propaganda tool, displaying farm animals in New England in order to entice prospective new colonists to emigrate, on the theory that life in the New World was similar to life in Holland.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 24--America Septentrionalis a Domini d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia. Coloniis in interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio aucta cursu notisque geographicis et historicis illustrata. [circa 1756].
- This map depicts the British and French colonies at the onset of the French and Indian War. The War began in 1754, but it was not until 1756 that England declared war against France. The latest information from western Virginia (i.e., the Ohio Valley) has been included. The French forts in Ohio, which were defended from Braddock and Washington in 1754, are marked. Walker's Settlement of 1750 is also noted. The colonial boundaries are shown extending out beyond the Mississippi, with New England's claims reaching into Manitoba.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 28--L'Amerique Septentrionale. Dressee sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, & quelques autres, & sur les Memoires les plus recens. Par G. de l'Isle, Geographe. A Paris, chez l'Auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge, avec Privilege du Roy pour 20. ans, 1700.
- Engraved of North and Central America outlined in color. Shows routes of Cortez, Gaetan, Drake, Medana and Olivier in the Pacific. Extends east to the Azores. Title cartouche is by "N. Guerard, inv. et fec."
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 30--Casco Bay, 1699
- Map of Casco Bay circa 1669. Cartographer unknown. Board of Trade Maps, Vol 10, Number 38
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 32--Saco River and Winter Harbour, 1699
- Map of Saco River and Winter Harbour (now Casco). Cartographer unknown. Board of Trade maps, Vol. 10, Number 21.
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- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
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.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
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.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
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.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps
BMC 79--An authentic plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery, to the fall of Montmorenci [...], 1759
- There are 2 maps pasted to one backing. Map 1--Full Title: "An authentic plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery, to the fall of Montmorenci: with the operations of the siege of Quebec under the command of Vice-Admiral Saunders & Major General Wolfe down to the 5 Sept 1759, drawn by a captain in His Majesties Navy." Published by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, near Charing Cross, London. Map 2-- Plan of the Town of Halifax in Nova Scotia. Map circa 1759, shows British barracks and the Sandwich River.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Baxter Rare Maps