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Nautical Maps of North American Coastlines

Detailed nautical charts depicting various regions of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, highlighting maritime navigation routes and geographical features.

Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts , Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Harbor Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts , Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Harbor Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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South America, coast of Peru, Pisco Bay : from the latest French and English charts, 1885 , Nautical charts, Peru, Pisco Bay, Pisco Bay Peru, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMap of Liberia. Relief shown by hachures. Includes text. Inset: Vicinity of Monrovia / surveyed by J. Ashmun, 1825.. Besides escaping to the North, another alternative for freed slaves was colonization or resettlement in Africa. Several organizations were founded to encourage and assist with this relocation, but this was not a universally appealing choice. The American Colonization Society, organized in 1816 in Washington, DC, assisted thousands of emancipated slaves in returning to Africa. The Society established the colony of Liberia, named from the Latin word for free, on the west coast of Africa as a homeland for former slaves from the United States. An 1845 map of Liberia published by the Society shows that many place names were of African origin. However, several reflect a strong American influence, as does Monrovia, named for President James Monroe... , Liberia Liberia , Montserrado ,county , MonroviaPlan of the Battle of Sinope. Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868); printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907); published by Charles Tanera (French, 19th century). Date: 1853. Dimensions: 182 × 261 mm (image); 182 × 262 mm (plate); 204 × 281 mm (sheet). Etching and roulette in black and tinted with watercolor in blue and yellow on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.North America, Newfoundland, La Poile Bay : from the latest British surveys. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings... La Poile Bay. La Poile Bay, Canada , Newfoundland and Labrador ,province , La Poile BayPlan of Portendic, called also Portu d'addi or Penia. Prints, Plans. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book Division1853 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Cape Fear, North CarolinaSouth America, ports in Desolation and Sta. Ines Is. : from British surveys corrected to 1877 , Coasts, Chile, Maps, Nautical charts, Chile, Dislocación Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Latitud Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Laura Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Noir Island, Dislocación Bay Chile, Maps, Latitud Bay Chile, Maps, Laura Bay Chile, Maps, Noir Island Chile, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionProvince of Maine , Maine, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMap of the Gold Coast or Coast of Guinea, issued between 1700 and 1799. 53 x 37 cm. Place of publication S.l. Publisher, s.n. 1 colored mapMap of the battlefield of Chattanooga. Gives troop positions, "route of Hooker's command, Nov. 20th," "route of pontoons," "line of retreat of enemy," relief by hachures, vegetation, drainage, roads, railroads, houses, and the names of a few residents. Description derived from published bibliography.... , Tennessee , Hamilton ,county , ChattanoogaLake St. Clair , Canada, Boundaries, United States, Maps, Saint Clair, Lake Mich. and Ont., Maps, United States, Boundaries, Canada, Maps, United States, History, War of 1812, Territorial questions, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionHarbors and anchorages on the eastern coast of Newfoundland : republication of British Admty. charts no. 279 & 295. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Boston Public Library copy includes manuscript additions in red ink. "Cor. (1888-39,." Includes view of Leading mark for entering Sailors Harbor... Cape Rouge Harbor Croc Harbor Bonavista Bay, Barrow Harbor, Broomclose, and Sailors Harbor. Cape Rouge Harbor Croc Harbor Bonavista Bay, Barrow Harbor, Broomclose, and Sailors Harbor, Canada , Newfoundland and Labrador ,province Croque Harbour Cape Rouge Harbour Barrow Harbour Broomclose Harbour Sailors HarbourSupplement pour les Isles Antilles, extrait des carte Angloises , Antilles, Lesser, Maps, Early works to 1800, Windward Islands West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Leeward Islands West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionAnchorages on the east coast of the Korea , Harbors, Korea North, Sinp'o-si, Maps, Nautical charts, Korea North, Songjŏn Bay, Nautical charts, Korea North, Kŭmya Bay, Nautical charts, Korea North, Sinp'o Harbor, Songjŏn Bay Korea, Maps, Kŭmya Bay Korea, Maps, Sinp'o Harbor Korea, Maps, Sinp'o-si Korea, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection1853 U.S.C.S. Map of Minots Ledge, near Boston Harbor ( Cohasset )PLANO DE LA COSTA DE MEXICO - SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.Messtischblatt 2151 = 768 : Caseburg, 1913U.S. Coast Survey...Reconnaissance of Smith's or Blunt's Island, Washington / U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel. Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London); Charles Knight (American, active 1854); John Young (American, active 1854); after William Birch McMurtrie (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1816-1872 Washington, D.C.). Dimensions: image: 11 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (29.8 x 23.7 cm)sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 11/16 in. (36.8 x 27.1 cm). Date: 1854-57. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Turkey and Greece, Marius Bauer, 1897 Cartoon on the struggle between Greece and Turkey about Crete. Map with Turkey as a Turk with the struggling Greece in his hand and Crete as a bone. Published in the addition of 'De Kroniek' of May 9, 1897. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper maps, atlases. political caricatures and satires Greece. Turkey. CreteHarbor Grace , Nautical charts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Harbour Grace, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionAction of Aroge Cartographic. Military maps. 1870. General Research Division. Abyssinian Expedition (1867-1868)An accurate map of His Majesty's province of New-Hampshire in New England : taken from actual surveys of all the inhabited part, and from the best information of what is uninhabited, together with the adjacent countries, which exhibits the theatre of this war in that part of the world , United States, History, French and Indian War, 1754-1763, New Hampshire, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Vermont, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Maine, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection1853 U.S.C.S. Map of the Virginia Coast ( Gargathy to Machipongo )1855 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware BayMap of the Dutch East Indies, part at the top right, Franciscus Josephus Ensinck, after Willem Beijerinck, after J.M. Bruyn, after J.F.W.A. Essers, 1847 print paper maps of separate countries or regions Dutch East IndiesPlan of Manchester surveyed by Delucens Bingham, dated May 1795..... , Massachusetts , Essex ,county , ManchesterThe province of Maine, from the best authorities , Maine, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection. Part (top right) of the Maas mouth map with postgrades.Topographische kaart der residentie Bagelen : opgenomen ten gevolge gouvernements besluit dd. 26 Mei 1857 no. 4 onder de leiding van den Kolonel Directeur der genie W.C. von Schierbrand door den Kapitein R.F. de Seijff en 1e. teekenaar der Genie K. Wilsen onder medehulp van Strauss and 8 others , Kebumen Indonesia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionSketch of Guadalupe Island : west coast of Lower California , Guadalupe Island Mexico, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionLand utilization in Korea , Land use, Korea, Maps, Korea, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMap of the coasts of the islands of Malakula, Nieuw -Caledonia and Tanna, Anonymous, 1799 - 1800 print Numbered at the top right: 21. publisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching maps, atlases. island New CaledoniaMap of Wood Bay with guide map, without degree divisions, rather messy, primitive and unfinished map., Map of Wood Bay, draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, Kaapprovincie, 1780, paper, pen, brush, h 665 mm × w 460 mm1852 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Horn Island Pass, Mississippi SoundPreliminary survey of harbors on the western coast of the United States, 1854, United States Coast Survey., 1854., Washington, D.C. Publisher, U.S. Coast Survey Office. Nautical charts Oregon (Port Orford), California (Mendocino, Shelter Cove, Crescent City)., 4 maps on 1 sheet; 16 x 34 cm or smaller, sheet 53 x 42 cmMaps of Dorchester and Quincy , Dorchester Boston, Mass., Maps, Quincy Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionChart of Long Pond ; Chart of Spot Pond , Aqueducts, Massachusetts, Cochituate, Lake, Maps, Aqueducts, Massachusetts, Spot Pond Stoneham, Maps, Cochituate, Lake Mass., Maps, Spot Pond Stoneham, Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionTayabas (southern part) , Quezon Philippines : Province, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionLiverpool Bay , Nautical charts, Nova Scotia, Liverpool Bay, Early works to 1800, Nautical charts, Nova Scotia, Early works to 1800, Coasts, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800, Liverpool Bay N.S., Maps, Early works to 1800, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMap of the metropolitan district of Boston, Massachusetts : showing the existing public reservations and such new open spaces as are proposed by Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, in his report to the Metropolitan Park Commission , Recreation areas, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Open spaces, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Boston Mass., Maps, Massachusetts, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionChart of Georges Shoal & Bank , Nautical charts, Georges Bank, Nautical charts, Georges Shoal, Georges Bank, Maps, Georges Shoal, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection1853 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the West Coast of the United States1857 U.S.C.S. Map of San Diego Bay, California1900 U.S. Geological Survey Map of Provincetown, Cape Cod, MassachusettsGeneral map of the coastlines, bays, ports, city, and surroundings of Alexandria, created between 1809 and 1828. Published in Paris by the Impr. impériale. The map measures 70 x 94 cmPorts in Barbara Channel : from British surveys corrected to 1877 , Nautical charts, Chile, Smyth Harbor, Nautical charts, Chile, Bedford Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Hewett Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Norte Cove, Nautical charts, Chile, Furia Bay, Barbara Channel Chile, Maps, Smyth Harbor Chile, Maps, Bedford Bay Chile, Maps, Hewett Bay Chile, Maps, Norte Cove Chile, Maps, Furia Bay Chile, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionSpain. Map of the province of Oviedo. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867. Sectional map of the northern portion of Vancouver Island , Vancouver Island B.C., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionPorts in Barbara Channel : from British surveys corrected to 1877 , Nautical charts, Chile, Smyth Harbor, Nautical charts, Chile, Bedford Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Hewett Bay, Nautical charts, Chile, Norte Cove, Nautical charts, Chile, Furia Bay, Barbara Channel Chile, Maps, Smyth Harbor Chile, Maps, Bedford Bay Chile, Maps, Hewett Bay Chile, Maps, Norte Cove Chile, Maps, Furia Bay Chile, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionN.N., Hafen, Memel. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 34, 1884.) (1884-1884): Department. Lithograph on paper, 45.6 x 29.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Hafen, Memel. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 34, 1884)Map of the metropolitan district of Boston, Massachusetts : showing the existing public reservations and such new open spaces as are proposed by Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, in his report to the Metropolitan Park Commission , Recreation areas, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Open spaces, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Boston Mass., Maps, Massachusetts, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMesstischblatt 2408 = 1012 : Westermarsch, 19071853 U.S.C.S. Map or Chart of FloridaPort Bonavista , Harbors, Newfoundland and Labrador, Bonavista, Early works to 1800, Nautical charts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Bonavista, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionBay Bulls , Nautical charts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Bay Bulls Bay, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionChart of the coast of America from Cape Hateras to Cape Roman , Coasts, North Carolina, Maps, Early works to 1800, Coasts, South Carolina, Maps, Early works to 1800, North Carolina, Maps, Early works to 1800, South Carolina, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionSpain. Map of the province of Oviedo. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.Map of the Stroom van de Wezer, from Hannoversch -Münden to Bremerhaven, Karl Bräunlich, 1800 - 1899 print paper maps of separate countries or regions. river Weers. GermanyLake Ontario. Oriented with north towards the upper right. "Copied from the survey made in the years 1815-16 & 17 by Capt. H.A.W. Owen of H.B. Majesty Royal Navy." "Photolithographed from original charts by permission of the U.S. State Department." Part of a set of maps Charts for the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada.... , Ontario, LakeChart of the streights of Belle Isle , Coasts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Maps, Early works to 1800, Nautical charts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Belle Isle, Strait of, Maps, Early works to 1800, Belle Isle, Strait of N.L., Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionPort Bonavista. Depth shown by soundings. On verso: Cattalina Harbor. In the English pilot, the fourth book. London : Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page, 1737.... , Canada , Newfoundland and Labrador ,province , BonavistaPLANO DE LA CIUDAD PLAZA Y FUERZAS DE MELILLA - 1793. Author: LOPEZ TOMAS. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.Tayabas (northern part). No. A 3493--R & A, OSS; 14 February 1945. "Base from: "Census of the Philippines, 1939," Volume 1, Manila, 1940."... , Philippines , Province of Aurora ,provinceMap of a part of the Republic of Colombia , Colombia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionPreliminary geologic map of New York, exhibiting the structure of the state so far as known, 1894. Issued by the Geological Survey of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y. The map measures 161 x 171 cm and is on 6 sheets, with individual sheets measuring 60 x 96 cm or smaller. Note NYPL Map Division copy lacks sheet no. 5 (S.W. Sheet)1853 U.S.C.S. Map of the Western Coast of the United StatesBird's eye view of Boston Harbor and south shore to Provincetown showing steamboat routes , Boston Harbor Mass., Aerial views, South Shore Mass. : Coast, Aerial views Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionVintage Polar Exploration map of the Route of Amundsen to the South Pole, 1911.Caldera Bay, west end of the island of Mindanao, Sooloo Sea. Depths shown by soundings.... , Philippines , Zamboanga Sibugay ,province , Zamboanga Peninsula ,area Caldera BayMAP OF CORSE (CORSICA), 1896, FRANCEHistory of Spain. Map of the Balearic Islands. Engraving, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias (General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces), Balearics, 1871.Bombay Map map of the island of Bombay reproduced from plan in 1843 Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotoxSt. Lawrence Bay showing Lutke's Harbor , Saint Lawrence Bay Russia, Maps, Nautical charts, Russia, Saint Lawrence Bay Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection1848 Levasseur Map of Senegal, Gambia and MadagascarBermuda Islands United States. Hydrographic Office. Cartographic. Maps, Nautical charts. 1940. General Research Division. Airways , West Indies, Bermuda IslandsPhilippine Islands : outline map. 3 February 1945. "No. 6113."... , PhilippinesNorthern Philippines land utilization , Land use, Philippines, Maps, Vegetation mapping, Philippines, Maps, Philippines, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionEldridge's map of Martha's Vineyard , Martha's Vineyard Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionRose and Crown. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionMaps for slide lectures. Reproduction of a map of Tenerife