Popple, Henry
1742

Antique chart of Boston Harbor ca. 1742

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Boston Harbour

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Antique engraved harbor chart of the coastal areas near Boston, Massachusetts. Contains numerous depth soundings, navigation hazards and marked sand banks and sand bars. Popple identifies by name dozens of islands, peninsulas, rivers, and towns.

Key features named on the Popple's map of Boston harbor include:
  • A ship channel
  • Roxbury
  • Dorchester
  • Squantum Neck
  • Hull
  • Hingham
  • Charles Town
  • Hangman's Island
This antique map was originally published by Covens and Mortier in 1742 in "Les Principales Forteresses Ports etc. de L'Amerique Septentrionale" a sheet containing harbor and island maps and plans of the Americas. This map is a fragment trimmed from a large single sheet of 18 maps and plans of islands and harbors was publihed by Covens and Mortier to replace Popple's original large map of 20 sheets with a more manageable six-sheet version. Popple's original map was titled: "A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements adjacent thereto".

CREATOR: Popple, Henry

PUBLICATION DATE: 1742

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Boston Bay

CONDITION: Fair.  Trimmed almost to the neatline at right. Other margins short. Washed. A few small spots. Pinholes at bottom. Small repaired tears.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 6 " x 6 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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