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A fascinating collection of maps, 19 century of the area around Buffalo, New York new Amsterdam, also including the Great Lakes, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Canada area
Condition as indicated all in photos. They can be flattened.
Details are as follows :
1. 1804 map of the village of Buffalo 17 x 21“.
MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF NEW AMSTERDAM (NOW THE CITY OF BUFFALO) MADE FOR THE HOLLAND LAND COMPANY BY JOSEPH ELLICOTT, SURVEYOR, 1804, VILLAGE OF BUFFALO, LITH OF RICHD II PEASE, ALBANY (1850.)"
Also says “ from Maps of the office of Secretary of State and surveyor General, Albany, New York.” and “ 10 chains to an inch.”
2. Large map of Niagara Falls area, labelled “Survey About a Ship Canal around the Falls
Of Niagara”
William G. Williams, U.S. Topographical Engineer. 2 large engraved plans of a proposed canal system between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario on the New York side of the Niagara River. Washington, D.C., 1835
50 x 37”
3. 1771 Map of the Six Nations. 9 x 12”
Engraved and printed by JE Gavit , Albany
The map is titled “to his Excellency William Trion, Esquire, Captain General and Governor and chief of the province of New York and this map of the country of the Six Nations, proper with part of the adjacent colonies is humbly inscribed by his excellence. He most obedient humble servant, Guy Johnson 1771.
Copied from the original Map in State Library
4. Map of the vicinity of Buffalo 12 x 18” accompanying the report of captain WG Williams US Topological Engraver. 1840
5. A larger version of the same map. 16 x 21”
6. 8 x 16” Map four of Niagara River or the Straits between Lake Erie Ontario. By R.H. Pease Albany. It is an 1840 reproduction of an 18th century map.
7. “Chart of the Portion of Lake Erie Between Buffalo and Black Rock showing the works, which have been erected at these places by the United States and exhibiting a plan for the formation of an extensive outer harbor to facilitate the commerce of Buffalo and of the Great Western Lakes”.
Erie, Pennsylvania, 15th of September 18, 35 survey and drawn by T.S. Brown, Lieutenant US engineers”.
26 x 40” copied in the Topological Bureau by Edw. B. White
All maps will be shipping flat or folded as little as possible, professionally packed. $25 flat fee or higher if all flat.
Offers are welcome. Thanks shipping by UPS.
