Map / Of Part Of The / Thousand Islands / Of The / St. Lawrence River / Near Alexandria Bay, N.Y. / Based Upon English Charts From Surveys Of / Capt. W.F.W. Owen, R.N. 1818 / Corrected From U.S. Govt. Charts Of 1876

(Map / NY / 1880 / Pocket)

Published by Geo. Rockwell;  no place;   pp.;  ;  VG;  1876/1880 Third Edition, 1880

About this Item

Single sheet, 19 x 24", printed on one side._____  Folded and mounted into 5 x 3.5" cloth covers with gilt titling._____ Mounted to the inside front cover is a sheet 4._____75 x 9._____25, printed on both sides and folded to three panels._____  The front of this sheet is George Rockwell's explanation of the evolution of this map's production._____  He notes that this is the third edition and dates the concluding credit as August, 1880._____ The two accessible panels of the back of the sheet are a tabular "Index to Cottages / For Summer Residence Only._____"  This includes location, owner and owner's home town._____ The map is basically black & white with a few land areas, perhaps parks, are printed in pale green._____ It is centered on Grindstone Island and Wells or Wellesley Island._____   "I do not of course offer this as an accurate chart for the dependence of navigators, nor does it pretend to embrace the entire region of the Thousand Islands . But as it shows with general correctness the central portion and most of the smaller Islands generally visited from Alexandria Bay, Clayton and the Thousand Island and Westminster Parks . I trust that its more portable size and form, as well as cheapness, as compared with the Navigator's charts, will make it useful to travelers and tourists."_____ There are proper names scattered throughout, we assume these are the private summer residences._____ The map includes a table of 12 American summer hotels, with proprietors and locations given._____ The folds have archival reinforcements on the blank rear._____.

Seller Inventory # P-02787

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Map / Of Part Of The / Thousand Islands / Of The / St. Lawrence River / Near Alexandria Bay, N.Y. / Based Upon English Charts From Surveys Of / Capt. W.F.W. Owen, R.N. 1818 / Corrected From U.S. Govt. Charts Of 1876
• Publisher: Geo. Rockwell; no place; pp.; ; VG; 1876/1880 Third Edition
• Publication Date: 1880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Americana
  • .Maps