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...

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...

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...

Previously unpublished Plan of New York Harbour and part of North River showing events between Augus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

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...

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? ...

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...

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...

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...

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