Catalog Archive
Auction 155, Lot 124
Print View

"A Map of the District of Maine with New Brunswick & Nova Scotia", Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

Subject: Northeastern United States & Canada

Period: 1796 (circa)

Publication: The American Universal Geography

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.1 x 6.9 inches
23.1 x 17.5 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Copper engraved map shows the region when it was a district of Massachusetts. Early county borders for York, Cumberland, Lincoln, Hancock, and Washington are delineated. The Eastern Boundary of the United States with New Brunswick is a straight line from the Saint Lawrence south to the Bay of Fundy. Chaleur Bay nearly makes an island with the Gaspe Peninsula. The map locates Portsmouth, Sedwich, Trenton, Machias, Halifax, and more. Published in Boston by Thomas & Andrews and engraved by Doolittle.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography) #304-4; Wheat & Brun #175.

Condition: A

Issued folding with a few tiny holes that are only visible when held to light.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Unsold

Closed on 11/18/2015

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap