East End Lighthouses of Long Island Sound
One of the most important and relevant features usually portrayed on a sea chart is the Lighthouse. The lighthouses of America are well...
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- Jan 28
- 2 min
Fort Montgomery
One of the first images we included in the Heritage Charts collection was ‘A Plan of Fort Montgomery & Fort Clinton’. The 1779 Samuel...
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- Jan 17
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Plan of New York Harbour and part of North River in 1776
There are some times in this business when you see something which rings a bell. Nothing wrong with hearing bells, whistles or even...
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- Jan 16
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An Artist’s View of Charleston
A few years ago Heritage Charts worked with Charleston Library Society to catalogue their historic, 4 volume Atlantic Neptune. This...
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- Jan 9
- 3 min
Defending the Delaware
The River Delaware played an important role in the American struggle to regain Philadelphia from the British in 1777. The city itself...
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- Aug 6, 2022
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New – Portland Sound, Hussey Sound, Broad Sound to Rogers Bay
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres published surveys of the North American coastline (Eastern seaboard) between 1777 and 1781 in volumes...
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- Aug 6, 2022
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New – Pre American Civil War map of Long Island, New York and Connecticut c1836
We are very excited to have in our collection an important map of ‘Long Island with the Evirons of New York and the Southern part of...
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- Apr 29, 2016
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Chart of Dubai in 1910
A715 Dubai Chart History This survey sketch of Dubai ‘Dibai’ is part of a larger set of drawings completed by Commander H. F. Walter on...
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- May 31, 2014
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Anyone for some very rare Lt. (Capt) James Cook charts of NZ?
Heritage Charts have uncovered some quite unique and extremely rare Cook material from his first voyage to New Zealand in 1769... These...
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- Dec 7, 2013
- 8 min
Interview with New York’s DNAinfo News
UKHO A9459 A few years ago, whilst researching in one of our source archives in the UK I came upon a beautiful plan of New York. The...
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- Sep 4, 2012
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Dodging the rain drops
I've been to Hull in the UK and now I'm in Hull Massachusetts. Strangely enough, in my experience, they have a few things in common:...
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- Aug 4, 2012
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Historic Charts and Surveys of the Great Lakes
A509 - Southern part of Hudson Bay with Lake Superior
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- Jul 27, 2010
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Giclée reproductions (pronounced ‘gee-clay’)
Many original antique maps come from old books and atlases which have been broken up to make individual prints, although some might have...