"A Picture Map Of Cape Ann And The North Shore", Designed By Errol Goff, Lithograph, 1934, Good Color, Rare

"A Picture Map of Cape Ann and The North Shore", Designed by Errol Goff, Lithograph, 1934, Good Color, No Fading - Rare

Large 1934 color pictorial map of Cape Ann and the North Shore on coastal Massachusetts. Shows all the sites and landmarks pertinent to American colonization and it's history from the 17th-19thcentury. All are detailed, illustrated and captioned. Themaritime history is also detailed with illustrations of various vessels. The cartography includes town, the various beaches, islands, state highways and bodies of water. Settlement dates of towns and cities are noted. The principal map is titled "Essex County, Massachusetts," and includes a numbered legend in the lower margin listing points of interest.The principal map also includes inset maps of Ipswich Town, Newbury, Rockport, Gloucester, and Salem and is surrounded by 22 vignette illustrations related to the area's history and historic structures. At the top, a larger central illustration incorporates a clipper ship under a banner reading "Romance — History," flanked by Pilgrims, 18th-century colonists in three-cornered hats, and 19th-century sailors and a woman and girl. A blue border is inscribed in block letters along the top and bottom edges: "This region was known as Wingaersheek to the Indians called Cape Tragabigzanda by Capt. John Smith then Cape Ann by Prince Charles in Honor of His Mother Anne of Denmark." The left and right borders contain the names of Cape Ann towns: Danvers, Marblehead, Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Newburyport, Rockport, Gloucester, Essex, Manchester, Ipswich, Salem and Peabody.

Fine Art, Other

15%

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