| Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
77 | | Details | Blunt, Edmund | 1822 |
Harbour of Annis Squam in Ipswitch Bay |
Blunt, Edmund |
1822 |
LOC:3 |
| $125.00 | Blunt--Edmund | Harbour-of-Annis-Squam-in-Ipswitch-Bay | Small copperplate engraved antique nautical chart of Annissquam inlet and harbor by Edmund Blunt for an edition of his well-known port and pilot book. With a decorative three-masted sailing vessel depicted underway into the channel marked to the east by the Annissquam lighthouse, established only 20 years earlier. |
27 | | Details | Blunt, Edmund | 1852 |
North East Coast of North America (Blueback) |
Blunt, Edmund |
1852 |
LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Blunt--Edmund | North-East-Coast-of-North-America-(Blueback) | SOLD
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Large, small-scale ante-bellum antique blueback nautical chart of northeast U.S. coast by E & G.W. Blunt. This 158 year old well-used blueback chart of U.S. northeast coast reveals a long and full life. <BR> </BR>
Coverage from Nova Scotia past New York city including Georges Shoal and Little Georges. Coastal detail shown with fine lines. Copious soundings off coasts of New Jersey and NYC. One faint manuscript calculation on this blueback chart that could easily be erased.
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For more information on the evolution of blueback charts we recommend this book by Susanna Fisher:
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.regattapress.com/The_Makers_of_the_Blueback_Chart.html">The Makers of Blueback Charts.</a> |