Atlas of Hampden County Massachusetts ...
F.W. Beers ..., published in New York by Beers, Ellis &
Soule in 1870. Hampden County was the industrial heart of the
Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts. From here came machinery,
small arms, bicycles, motorcycles, paper, textiles and later,
airplanes. Much of the industry is gone, but the physical
layout and structures remain, either to be replaced or
readapted.
Maps
are mostly on single-page sheets and printed only one side. After the county map, they are
listed in alphabetical order by town. All are original. They are
generally in good to very good condition, and not often found that
way because the paper has a tendency to acidify, become brittle and
break. A digital
picture can be supplied upon request.
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Jeremiah
Greenleaf. A New Universal Atlas;
comprising separate maps of all the principal empires, kingdoms & states
throughout the world; and forming a distinct atlas of the United States.
Carefully compiled from the best authorities extant. New ed. rev. Brattleboro,
Vt., G.R. French, 1842. Reference: Phillips (Atlases) 781.
This atlas is largely a reissue
of David Burr's A New Universal Atlas ... that was published circa 1835.
Some maps, such as Missouri, show no updating which should have reflected the
addition of the Platt Purchase by 1842. The Greenleaf atlas was republished circa
1848; some maps, such as Michigan, reveal complete revision in the later
edition. Greenleaf atlases are much more uncommon than some contemporary
atlases, such as those published by Bradford or the Tanner-Mitchell-Cowperthwait-Desilver
series. The cartographic quality, after David Burr, is the equal of many atlases
of the period, especially in showing the political subdivisions, road networks,
and natural features.
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Jansson
van Waesberge. Nieuwe en beknopte / Uytbeeldinge en Vertooning /
der gantscher /Aerdbodem / Getrocken uyt de Oude ende Nieuwe vermaerdtfte en
beroemfte / Landt-Beschryvers. / Uytgebeelt en vertoont in meer als twee hondert
Landt-Kaerten. / t' Samen gebracht en uytgegeven door J.J. v. W. /
Tot Amsterdam, / By Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, en Soonen. Anno 1676.
Van Waesberge was the
son-in-law of Jan Jansson, succeeding to the publication of
cartographic material, much of which had originated with Mercator and
Hondius. Burden traces the history of the maps of America in
this atlas with originated with Cloppenberg's "middle-size"
format in his Mercator-Hondius atlases from 1630 through 1636.
These plates were altered somewhat and reissued in this atlas. Since
some of the maps are attributed to Mercator, or Kaerius as engraver,
the cartography undoubtedly dates from the early part of the
seventeenth century.
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Herman Moll, The World
Described; or, a new and correct sett of maps: shewing the several empires.
kingdoms, republics ... in all the known parts of the earth ... Each map is
engraved on copper by Herman Moll, and printed in two sheets of elephant paper
... London: 1709-1736. Reference: Phillips (Atlases) 3460.
The atlas was released in several editions; some of
the maps are dated from 1709 to 1736. It is sometimes hard to identify which
edition is the source when the maps are separated. The atlas was configured as
a tall, narrow folio such that the double sheet maps had a centerfold and two
outer folds to allow a more compact form of the volume. Over time, however, as
the binding loosened, the maps often were left exposed beyond the boards and
became warn at the outer folds. It is an uncommon map from the World Describe
that doesn't exhibit such wear.
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