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1878 - Southeast Sheet, Portsmouth and Isle of Shoals, Geology of New Hampshire Map - Antique Map

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Item number: NHA324
Genuine Antique Printed Color Map

1878

Maker: Hitchcock.

 

Southeast Sheet, Atlas Accompanying the Report on the Geology of New Hampshire. From an 1878 atlas by Charles H. Hitchcock, the New Hampshire State Geologist, one of the six huge color plates depicting New Hampshire's bedrock geology, this sheet in the southeast portion of the state and includes Portsmouth and Isle of Shoals, NH; pre-dating the earliest USGS topographic maps of New Hampshire the atlas was the first comprehensive map of the Granite State's bedrock and surficial geology; also shows late 19th century towns and roads. Very good overall antique condition, some minor foxing and very slight lower margin stain map area measures approx. 24 x 20.5 inches, full sheet measures 33 x 24.5 inches.

 

Item Number: NHA324