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Bermuda
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 CARIB301
- BRITISH ADMIRALTY “Bermuda.
Grassy Bay From Admiralty Surveys to 1926 with corrections to 1963.”
London. 1959 (1967.) Colored. 19½X26. Chart shows Ireland Island with
building block plans & North and South Basin. Depicts the Great Sound,
Dundonald Channel and Spanish Point. Locates rocks and hundreds of depth
soundings in fathoms in the Bay and includes detailed courses and
bearings and cautions for navigators. Excellent detail. Chart #1074.
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$125 |
 CARIB302
- BRITISH ADMIRALTY
“North Atlantic Ocean. Bermuda Islands. Five
Fathom Hole, the Narrows and Murrays Anchorage compiled from Admiralty
Surveys to 1959 and from surveys by the United States Engineers to 1943
with corrections to 1962.” London 1948 (1967.)
26X39. Handsome chart shows St. George's
Island & harbour, Ferry Reach, St. David's Island & Kindley Field.
Hamilton Island. Five Fathom Hole & Sea Venture Shoals. Castle Harbour &
Harrington Sound. Includes hundreds of depth soundings in fathoms &
includes lists of cautions for navigators. Chart has 3 compass roses and
very detailed courses and bearings. Chart #868. |
$135 |
CARIB303 - BRITISH
ADMIRALTY “North Atlantic Ocean. Bermuda
Islands. St. George's Harbour with the Narrows and Murray's Anchorage
from Admiralty Surveys to 1937 with additions & corrections to 1959.”
London. 1960 (1967.) Colored. 26X39. Fine large chart of St. George's
Island with it's harbour. Town Cut Channel, Mullet Bay & Ferry Reach.
Includes Smith's and Paget's Islands & the northern part of St.
David's Island. Locates Murray's Anchorage, the Narrows, Sea
Venture shoals & channel and includes street block plan of St.
George's Town & depicts hundreds of depth soundings in fathoms &
detailed courses and bearings. A fine chart Chart #1315.
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$125 |
 CARIB305
- BRITISH ADMIRALTY “North Atlantic
Ocean. Bermuda Islands. North and South Channels. Approaches to Grassy
Bay and Ireland Island. Compiled from Admiralty Surveys to 1937.”
London. 1948 with corrections to 1967. Colored. 39X26. Chart shows The
Crescent, North Channel, Murray's Anchorage, Brackish Pond Flats, Grassy
Bay, Ireland Island, Dundonald Channel, Spanish Point, Hamilton Island,
Harrington Sound, the South Channel and the town of Hamilton with the
Fort. Hundreds of depth soundings dot the region and chart includes
detailed courses and bearings and cautions for navigators. Chart #867.
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$125 |
 CARIB306
- BRITISH ADMIRALTY “Bermuda Islands.
Ireland Island. North and South Basins surveyed by Capt. H. P. Douglas
C.M.G. RN. H.M.S. “Mutine”. 1921-1922. with additions and corrections to
1960.” London. 1951 (1967.) Colored. 18X19 - image area on a large sheet
26X19. Very detailed chart of the island with large block plans of
buildings. Depicts Moresby's Plain with Recreational Ground, Admiralty
Berthing area, water catchments, boat shed with slip, the Main Gate,
Clock Tower & North and South Basins with breakwaters. Includes hundreds
of depth soundings in fathoms, courses and bearings. Excellent detail.
Chart #335
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$125 |
 CARIB307
- J. N. BELLIN “Carte Des Isles Bermudes
ou de Sommer.” Paris. 1768. Colored. 8X13. Very attractive map of the
island of Bermuda or Summer Islands, shows Cantons, bays, St. Georges
Island with its forts, the harbor of Southampton and a block plan of
Hamilton. Depicts harbors, shoals, rocks around shorelines and includes
a large compass rose in center with radiating rhumb lines. A decorative
title cartouche is engraved in top center with shell, scroll and leaf
motifs in the French 18th century rococo style, so typical of the
designs employed by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) on his charts. A
fine and scarce chart from “Description Geographique Des Debouquemens
qui sont au Nord de L'Isle De Saint Domingue.”
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$1,850 |
 CARIB145
- G. L. LE ROUGE “La Jamaique aux Anglois dans le Golfe du Mexique. A.
Paris. Chez Sr. Le Rouge 1740” and “La Bermude aux Anglois”
Paris 1746-48. Colored. 8X10½. Two early maps of British Possessions in
the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, are drawn on one sheet. The
island of Jamaica is depicted with Parishes in different colors with
block plans of dwellings colored red. Port Royal, Jamaica's capital is
depicted with its harbor and anchorages & cotton, cocoa and sugar
plantations are indicated with icons. The map of Bermuda is colored
green with adjacent islands in yellow and the Parishes of Sandy,
Somerset, Southampton, Warwick, Paget, Penbrock, Devon, Smith's Lands,
Tucakers and Hamilton are named as well as Harington Baye with small
islands colored in red. These two fine early maps were published in
“Introduction A La Geographie Par Le Sieur Le Rouge, Ingenieur Geographe
du Roy.” Lieut. George Louis Le Rouge (c.1712-1790) was born in Hanover,
Germany becoming an Army Lieutenant before establishing himself in Paris
as a publisher, compiler and editor of maps in c. 1740. His output of
books, maps and translations was prodigious and earned him the title of
Geographer Royal to the King. Two colorful and attractive maps.
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$1,200 |
 CARIB248
- ROYAL GAZETTE “Driving & Cycling Road Map of the Bermuda Island.
Specially Compiled for the Royal Gazette.”
Hamilton, Bermuda. 1902. Hand colored. 9¼X25¼. This great map of Bermuda
shows all it's parishes, towns, villages, & harbors, prepared for the
Royal Gazette in Hamilton, for driving & cycling on the Island. Depicts
all the roads with their surface conditions e.g. Best, Good, Poor,
Private, Ordinary Grade, Steep Grade & Very Steep Grade dangerous for
Wheeling. In the center of the map is a street block plan of the City of
Hamilton drawn within a circle, that depicts Steamer Wharfs, the Ferry
to Paget, the U.S. Consulate, the Cable Office & commercial & public
buildings. This is the 3rd Edition of the map revised & corrected in
1902 & is in very nice condition, with some light age-toning in the top
left square only.
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$1,200 |
 CARIB206
- E. C. S. MOORE R.E. (Lt. Col.) “The Bermuda Islands”
Bermuda 1896-1937. Colored. 13¼X16¼. Finely engraved & detailed map
shows all principal harbors, towns & parishes, roads & railroads &
depicts bays, ship's tracks & anchorages. Includes 2 inset maps 1.) Town
of St. George, & 2.) City of Hamilton, both with street block plans &
locations of hotels & public buildings. The map was produced by Lt. Col.
E. C. S. Moore (Royal Engineers) & copyrighted by Frank R. Bell in New
York & published by “The Beautiful Bermuda Publishing Co.” in 1896 with
editions to 1937. The map is in good condition, folded between covers.
and has another map on the back showing points of interest & information
for cyclists & tourists visiting the Islands. An attractive & well
designed brochure with maps.
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$185 |
 CARIB207
- JULIA C. R. DORR “The Bermudas.” N.Y.
1908. Colored. 10X9¼. Attractive map of Bermuda shows parishes in
different colors, with principal harbors, bays, towns & all offshore
islands & the track of the New York, Bermuda, West Indies Steamship
Lines. The map was published in “Bermuda. An Idyl of the Summer Islands”
by Julia C. R. Dorr & printed by Charles Scribners Sons in 1908. The
book's text was based on an article in The Atlantic Monthly magazine,
called “Bermuda Days” published in 1883. This attractive map illustrates
the article.
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$110 |
 CARIB317
- J. THOMSON “The Bermudas or Summer Islands.”
Edin. 1816. Colored. 11X12. Very finely drawn chart shows Bermuda with
the Great Sound, Harrington Sound, Southampton, Castle Harbor, Tucker's
Town, Hamilton, Port Royal, David's Island, Pagets Port, Somerset Island
& includes all the small islands that form part of the group known as
the Summer Islands. Locates reefs, ledges, inlets & bays. This fine map
with excellent detail was published by John Thomson & Co. in Edinburgh,
Scotland in 1816 for inclusion in Thomson's “New General Atlas.” An
attractive chart.
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