Map part thousand islands lawrence (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 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._____.…

A scarce map of the Thousand Islands, published towards the end of the 19th Century in New York. The map depicts major towns and villages on both sides of the border. Also it shows American summer hotels and steamer routes serving Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands Park, Hub House, Gananoque and Westminster Park., Size : 435x605 (mm), 17.13x23.82 (Inches), Hand Colored Very Good, folds reinforced, laid on acid-free tissue paper for long-term preservation.…