Description
A rare pictorial chromolithograph perspective view and map of Florence / Firenze, Italy. The view is centered roughly on the Palazzo Vecchio, and looks south on Florence from a fictional highpoint above today s Pizzale Vittorio Veneto, labeled here Piazzale degli Zuavi. The map follows in a style popular at time wherein buildings and monuments are superimposed as profile vignettes over an otherwise simple perspective map - impractical for serious navigation, but a wonderful aid to the tourist on foot. Here, red highlighting illustrates tram routes (solid lines) and automobile routes (dashed lines, note there are only 3 such roads). Similar maps have been made of Paris, London, Rome, Madrid, and other popular European tourist centers.
BuzzardsBay-eldridge-1877
$1,950.00
Title
Eldridge s Chart No. 10. Buzzard s Bay, from the United States Coast and George Eldridge s Surveys.
1877 (dated)
1 : 55000
Description
This is a scarce separately issued 1877 George Eldridge nautical chart or maritime map of Buzzard s Bay, Massachusetts. This elegantly produced chart on thick stock depicts from the west coast of Cape Cod and includes New Bedford, Falmouth, Sippican, Wareham, Woods Hole, and Mattapoisett, among other towns. Eldridge provides excellent maritime detail throughout with numerous soundings (in feet) and notations for undersea ledges, shoals, and other dangers. Cartographically this chart is based on the work of the U.S. Coast Survey (U.S.C.S.) as well as Eldridge s own private surveys.