New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...
Based on John Smith's 1614 voyage along the New England coast, this is the first printed map devoted specifically to this region. It is also the first to use the name “New England” for an area that had up until... More
New England. Historic map, Library of Congress
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault
Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhatan ... / Passe...
Illustration shows portrait of Pocahantas as Mrs. John Rolfe, from a portrait painting done in London, England, 1616. Title from item. Published in: The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summe... More
New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland
Relief shown pictorially. Title provided by cataloger. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...
1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More
New France, New Englande, New Scotlande, and New Foundlande
Alexander, one of the leading members of the Council of New England and the first Viscount of Canada, had been given large grants of land by James I and Charles I of England. He proposed a system for the coloni... More
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
This elaborately decorated map is based on the 1614 explorations of Adrian Block, a fur trader working for the Dutch, who sailed from the north shore of Long Island to explore the southern coast of New England.... More
The south part of New-England, as it is planted this yeare, 1635
South part of Nevv-England Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Noua Anglia, Nouum Belgium, et Virginia - Jan Jansson
Covering the eastern portion of North America's coastline from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, this influential map appeared in English, German, Latin, Dutch, and French editions of world atlases published by Ho... More
The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...
The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More
Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
Nova Anglia Novvm Belgivm et Virginia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The Capitall lawes of New-England, as they stand now in force in the C...
Positive Photostat.; Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 2.
Carta particolare della nuoua Belgia è parte della nuoua Anglia
Carta particolare della nuova Belgia è parte della nuova Anglia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae
Published by Nicolas Joannis Visscher (Dutch, 17th century)
Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
This is an early re-issue of the influential map of northeastern North America, first published by Jan Jansson in 1651. While Visscher copied much of Jansson's original map, he did invert several decorative det... More
To all persons whom these may concern in the several townes, and plant...
Reproduction. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 3.
Noui Belgii Nouaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
Novi Belgii Novaeqve Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carta particolare della Nuoua Belgia è parte della Nuoua Anglia
Compiled by an Englishman but published in Italy, this was the earliest printed sailing chart showing New England. It appeared in Dudley's marine atlas, which was the first such atlas made of charts drawn on th... More
Boston in New England. August 9th 1667. The Governour, deputy-governou...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 5.
A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...
Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More
Novi Belgii, quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novæ [que] Angliæ & partis ...
Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's America, London, 1670. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. Vault AACR2
A mapp of New England
A foundation in the early history of the mapping of New England, this map is the first printed version of William Reed's original survey of 1665. The survey was commissioned by Massachusetts authorities to supp... More
A chart of the coast of America from New found Land to Cape Cod
Published in Seller's Atlas Maritimus, the earliest general marine atlas produced in England, this was the first English chart of New England waters. It clearly shows the northern navigation routes with soundin... More
A map of New England and New York
This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from... More
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...
This map was the first to be printed in the British Colonies, and though crude in appearance was for its time the best available map of the region. Based on a 1665 survey by Bostonian William Reed, it was repur... More
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...
Scale ca. 1:900,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. "This is a copy of the first map engraved in New England. Taken from one in Hubbard's Narrative of the t... More
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...
Based on a 1665 survey by William Reed, this is the earliest map drawn, engraved and printed in North America. The survey was commissioned by the government of Massachusetts to justify the colony's northern and... More
At the second sessions of the General Court held at Boston in New-Engl...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 11.
At a General Court held at Boston in New England the second day of Oct...
Positive Photostat.; Thanksgiving proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33... More
Pas-kaart vande zee kusten inde boght van Niew Engeland : tusschen de ...
Published by the leading Dutch producer of navigational aids, this chart of New England is unlike any other of the region. It was the only Dutch chart of the colony published in the 17th century. Near the end o... More
The London Gazette: Published by authority. From Thursday February 5th...
Positive Photostat.; Announces the death of King Charles II. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection;... More
A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland ...
England's widening sphere of influence in eastern North America is reflected on a late 17th century map published in London. By this time, the British had extended their territorial claims from the original Che... More
An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. ...
Positive Photostat.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 13.
To the King and Queen's most excellent majesties. The humble address a...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 18.
Two addresses from the Governour, council and convention of the Massac...
Incomplete.; Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 18b.
Boston Harbour in New England nautical chart
This is the first printed chart of Boston Harbor. It appeared only in the 1689 and 1698 editions of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book. Seller's publication became the most popular navigational manual for ships... More
His majesty's most gracious letter to his government of the Massathuse...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 19.
To the king and queens most excellent majesties. The humble address of...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 18a.
At the General Court of their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Ba...
Positive Photostat.; This is supposed to be the first emission of paper money in the colonies.; Paper money. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as... More
A new mapp of New England and Annapolis and the countrys adjacent
As an example of early English mapping of the British Colonies in North America, Browne's map shows the northeastern part of the continent from the St. Lawrence River to the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, the m... More
Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ nec non partis Virginiæ tabula : multis in ...
Covers New England and Middle Atlantic region southward to Hampton Roads. Shows colony names, colonial town names, and names of Amerindian tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Meridians numbered 297 to 312 from we... More
At a General Court for their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay...
Incomplete. p. 2 wanting.; Positive Photostat.; Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection... More
Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of seve...
Title page; no illus. No ref. copy. Illus. in: Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of several witches, lately executed in New England...by Cotton Mather. This record contains unverifi... More
Quilt, calamanco, New England
Made in New England, United States
Chest, North and Central America
Made in New England, United States
Side Chair, New England
Made in New England, United States
Mug, North and Central America
Probably made in New England, United States
Jug, North and Central America
Made in New England, United States
Board Chest, New England
Made in New England, United States
Settee, North and Central America
Possibly made in New England, United States; Possibly made in Mid-Atlantic, United States
Porringer with Cover
Possibly made in New England; Possibly made in New York, New York, United States
Table, North and Central America
Made in New England, United States