Subject: Boston, Massachusetts
Period: 1775 (published)
Publication: Gentleman's Magazine
Color: Black & White
Size:
7.5 x 10.4 inches
19.1 x 26.4 cm
This important map was published just four months after the Battle of Bunker Hill. It shows Charles Town in Ruins with pictorial indications of ruined buildings. The plan of Boston names streets, including Beacon Street with a topographical representation of Beacon Hill, Newberry Street, and indications of fortifications, batteries and other landmarks. There is no engraver's signature. Published in the October 1775 issue of Gentleman's Magazine.
References: Jolly #GENT-239; Phillips (Maps) pp. 149; Sellers & Van Ee #890.
Condition: B+
Issued folding and now flattened and backed with tissue. Remargined at top with the border replaced in facsimile and some light show through from text on verso at bottom.