Dec 7, 2013
8 min

Interview with New York’s DNAinfo news

The story so far… About 4 years ago, whilst researching in one of our source archives I came upon a beautiful map of New York. The entry...

ajwadamson

Sep 5, 2012
1 min

Is this Bernard Ratzer’s original drawing for the ‘Ratzer Plan’ of New York?

This section is the centre piece of a larger plan dating from 1776 which may be viewed at: heritagecharts.com This section was added to...

ajwadamson

May 29, 2012
2 min

An Artist’s View of Charleston

A recent stay in Charleston, working with the Charleston Library Society to catalogue their beautiful Atlantic Nelpune volumes prompted...

ajwadamson

Jan 30, 2012
3 min

Previously unpublished Plan of New York Harbour and part of North River showing events between Augus

There are some times in this business when you see something which rings a bell. Nothing wrong with hearing bells, whistles or hooters...

ajwadamson

Sep 28, 2010
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...

ajwadamson

Sep 2, 2010
1 min

Long Island Rail Road

Can anyone help with dating the survey for this beautiful map of Long Island with the Environs of New York and Southern Connecticut? ...

ajwadamson

Sep 1, 2010
2 min

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...

ajwadamson

Aug 3, 2010
6 min

Charts and Maps of Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay and the case for Thomas Wheeler

Narragansett Bay is undoubtedly one of the best documented, mapped and surveyed areas of the Revolutionary War. It’s significance...

ajwadamson

Jul 27, 2010
1 min

Inclusion of Views on nautical charts

By the mid-1770s the inclusion of views on nautical charts became increasingly accepted and required practice to assist navigation and...

Logbook

A ship’s logbook is the record of a voyage. It is used to document all aspects of the voyage including times, distances and events, as well as personal reflections on the distance travelled. This is the logbook of Heritage Charts, and this is the story of our journey to rediscover some of the beautiful and stunning historical maps and charts that are hidden away in various archives, and our reflections on the people who made them, why they made them, and their importance to history today. Welcome to our log… and please do send us your comments and suggestions!