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Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano, condottiere,1328

Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano, condottiere,1328. Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Nuremberg, Germany - New Bedford library collection

Black and white photo of street and buildings in Nuremberg, Germany. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Fresco in Libreria Piccolomini, Duomo di Siena

Fresco in Libreria Piccolomini, Duomo di Siena. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Woman, portrait - Public domain dedication image

Public domain image of 16th century portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance to the Duomo, Florence

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raphael's painting of St. Cecilia

Raphael's painting of St. Cecilia. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Raphael's painting of La Velata Cartes de visite

Raphael's painting of La Velata. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Secunda etas mundi = Secunda etas mũdi

Although published just as news of Christopher Columbus's discoveries was beginning to spread, this was the last noteworthy world map to be produced without any indication of the New World. This depiction of th... More

Cabrillo Memorial Parade, New Bedford

Sepia toned photo of parade in New Bedford, Massachusetts in honor of 16th century Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Altar hanging - A red and gold flag with a sun on it

Metal and fabric thread brocade, metallic fringe with metal sequin and appliqued [orphey] on red velvet lined with silk or linen. Orphey is a cloudburst with swan feeding 3 cygnets. Courtesy of First Parish in Brookline

Uniuersalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta obseruationib...

In 1507, the same year that Martin Waldseemüller issued three works announcing the existence of a new continent which he named America, Johann Ruysch published a totally different world map. This rendition, wh... More

World map - Public domain vintage map

As the first map printed in two colors, this is a monument to map printing. The place names in capital letters were printed in red ink by means of type set into the woodblocks. The decorative windheads, zodiaca... More

Martin Waldseemu Ller - Orbis typus uniuersalis iuxta hydrographorum t...

Waldseemüller may have had second thoughts about his 1507 proposal for naming the new continent "America." In 1513, he issued a fourth publication, a new edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. In it he incl... More

Caravaggio's painting of Cardsharps

Caravaggio's painting of Cardsharps. Three men playing cards, two cheating, c.1594. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Tipus orbis uniuersalis iuxta Ptolomei cosmographi traditionem et Amer...

Although in his later publications Waldseemüller apparently retracted his depiction of a separate continent named America, other publishers quickly accepted his initial concept and imitated the shapes and nome... More

World map - Public domain map engraving

Bordonne, a cartographer and engraver working in Venice, was best known for his isolario or book of islands. First published in 1528, his book included 111 wood cut maps of islands. The world map, a simple outl... More

Noua, et integra vniuersi orbis descriptio

Fine, an eminent French cartographer, created this unique double cordiform or heart-shaped projection, emphasizing the northern and southern hemispheres. The European, Asian and African continents were prominen... More

Typus cosmographicus uniuersalis - Public domain old map

Decorated with sea monsters, mermaids, exotic animals, and cannibals, this wood cut map provides a marked contrast to the simplistic diagrams considered the earliest printed world maps. While the latter present... More

Photo reproduction of portrait of Darnley

Photo reproduction of portrait of Darnley Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m...

The Italian engraver and publisher, Antonio Salamanca, produced this finely engraved world map utilizing the double cordiform projection (heart shaped). Salamanca’s engraving was based on a 1538 map published b... More

Photo reproduction of portrait of Titian Vecellhis

Photo reproduction of portrait of Titian Vecellhis. Mary "Mollie" Stevens. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Tierra nueua - Public domain vintage map

Ruscelli's map of northeastern North America appeared in his 1561 edition of Claudius Ptolemy's "Geographia". The map was based on a smaller 1548 map by Giacomo Gastaldi, who took much of his information from t... More

La Nuoua Francia - Public domain vintage map

This map, among the earliest separate maps of northeastern North America, was primarily based on the voyages that were taken by Giovanni da Verrazano for the French in 1524. His discoveries confirmed the contin... More

Scotia tabula, Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conven... More

Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598

Ortelius's map of the Americas was one of the most identifiable and most famous cartographic representations of the western hemisphere created during the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography. It enjoyed great popula... More

Rubens painting, "Descent from the Cross"

Rubens painting, "Descent from the Cross." Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Rubens painting of Helen Formann mit ihrem Sohne (with her son)

Rubens painting of Helen Formann mit ihrem Sohne (with her son). Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Cristofano Allori's painting of Judith with head of Holofernes

Cristofano Allori's painting of Judith with head of Holofernes. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Rubens painting, "The Elevation of the Cross"

Rubens painting, "The Elevation of the Cross." Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Uniuersi orbis seu terreni globi in plano effigies

Created during Shakespeare's lifetime, this map illustrates the late 16th-century concept of the world. Europe and the Mediterranean regions were well understood and confidently mapped, along with Africa and As... More

Sibilla Cumana by Domenichino - Stevens Coolidge travel collection

Sibilla Cumana by Domenichino. Photo reproduction of painting. Borghese Palace (Galleria Borghese). Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat, welches in der Stadt Hannover, mein...

Depicting the world as a cloverleaf, this cartographic curiosity reflects the traditional Medieval world view of three continents. Since it was published in the late-16th century long after the New World discov... More

Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius

In 1587, Ortelius revised the map of the Americas that appeared in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The changes found on this second edition are more extensive than generally thought, and are evidence of the care t... More

Hemispheriu[m] ab aequinoctiali linea, ad circulu[m] Poli Arctici : He...

During the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, many world maps were composed of two hemispheres, one for each of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. However, this elaborately decorated world map projected the wor... More

Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus

As was fairly common during the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, this map projects the world on two hemispheres - Eastern and Western. It was the first richly decorated map of the period and influenced the art ... More

India Orientalis - Giovanni Antonio Magini 1555-1617

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India Orientalis - Giovanni Antonio Magini 1555-1617

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Norumbega et Virginia - Public domain vintage map

Wytfliet's publication was essentially the first atlas devoted solely to the Americas. It consisted of a world map, 18 regional maps, and a text on the discovery, natural history, and geography of the New World... More

Patavinum Teritor = Territorio di Padova, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598

Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More

Van Dyck portrait of The Marchesa Brignole

Van Dyck portrait of The Marchesa Brignole. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Van Dyck portrait of Marquis Antonio Brignole

Van Dyck portrait of Marquis Antonio Brignole. Photo reproduction of painting. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Pedemontivm, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598

Pedemontanae Vicinorvque Courtesy of Phillips Academy Andover

Pedemontivm, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598

Pedemontanae Vicinorvque Courtesy of Phillips Academy Andover

Secretary/desk closed - A wooden desk with a wooden top and drawers

This desk is in two pieces, which were built at separate times in the early 1800s (circa 1810) by Topsfield resident David Towne. It is made of birch and maple predominantly. David Towne learned his trade from ... More

Photo reproduction of portrait of Sir William Wallace

Photo reproduction of portrait of Sir William Wallace. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

The able doctor; or America swallowing the bitter draught

Cartoon shows Lord North, with the "Boston Port Bill" extending from a pocket, forcing tea (the Intolerable Acts) down the throat of a partially draped Native female figure representing "America" whose arms are... More

Secretary/desk open - A wooden dresser with china on top of it

Top of tomahawk - A rock that is laying on top of a table

This top of a tomahawk was found buried in the yard at 108 West Main Street, which had been the Blue Anchor Tavern, reminding the current residents that there had been several raids in the area in the 1700s. Cy... More

Wayland road book. Wayland, Mass.

Extracts from the Wayland MA town records concerning county roads, proprietors’ roads, and town roads that cover the time period 1683 to 1909 has been gathered in one volume. Notes such as the "Masters Brook wa... More

Geographica restituta per globi trientes

Displaying the known world of the early 17th century as a triptych, with the map divided into three segments or gores, was very uncommon during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. However, such a format was co... More

New England : the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and m...

Based on John Smith's 1614 voyage along the New England coast, this is the first printed map devoted specifically to this region. It is also the first to use the name “New England” for an area that had up until... More

New France, New Englande, New Scotlande, and New Foundlande

Alexander, one of the leading members of the Council of New England and the first Viscount of Canada, had been given large grants of land by James I and Charles I of England. He proposed a system for the coloni... More

Carte de la Nouuelle France, augmentée depuis la derniere, seruant a ...

France's territorial claims in North America, which initially focused on the St. Lawrence River Valley and the Great Lakes, can be traced to Samuel de Champlain's explorations and trading activities in that reg... More

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)

This elaborately decorated map is based on the 1614 explorations of Adrian Block, a fur trader working for the Dutch, who sailed from the north shore of Long Island to explore the southern coast of New England.... More

Noua Anglia, Nouum Belgium, et Virginia - Jan Jansson

Covering the eastern portion of North America's coastline from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, this influential map appeared in English, German, Latin, Dutch, and French editions of world atlases published by Ho... More

Noua totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

First published in 1606, Blaeu's world map is one of the foremost examples of ornamentation and decoration during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. This map had a long life, and was reissued numerous times, ... More

The south part of New England, as it planted this yeare, 1639

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Noua totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Ornately decorated and beautifully colored, this world map epitomizes the baroque style favored during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The map was prepared in 1630 by Henricus Hondius, who had joined in pa... More

Map of old Reading, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1647

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Menotomy map 1650 - Public domain vintage map

Included are property ownerships, and property transfers, with names, locations and dates. Also included are areas of Indian settlements, Meeting House, Black Horse Tavern, Wayside Inn, church locations, busine... More

Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et partis Virginiae : novissima delineatio

Printed at the peak of the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, this famous and influential map of the northeastern coast of North America was flattered by no fewer than twenty-seven copies published in Holland, En... More

Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula

This is an early re-issue of the influential map of northeastern North America, first published by Jan Jansson in 1651. While Visscher copied much of Jansson's original map, he did invert several decorative det... More

Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt - Public domain old map

A rare map published in Colom's "Zee Atlas" is recognized as one of the first navigational charts of New Netherlands. The chart covers the North American coast line from Cape Hatteras on the southwest to Cape C... More

Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano...

In this striking image, the world is portrayed on one full circle (or hemisphere), which is flanked by two half circles. This unusual geometrical configuration is embraced by a double-headed eagle. Realizing th... More

Brewster Water Mill built 1660 postcard

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More

Carta particolare della Nuoua Belgia è parte della Nuoua Anglia

Compiled by an Englishman but published in Italy, this was the earliest printed sailing chart showing New England. It appeared in Dudley's marine atlas, which was the first such atlas made of charts drawn on th... More

A mapp of New England - Public domain vintage map

A foundation in the early history of the mapping of New England, this map is the first printed version of William Reed's original survey of 1665. The survey was commissioned by Massachusetts authorities to supp... More

A chart of the coast of America from New found Land to Cape Cod

Published in Seller's Atlas Maritimus, the earliest general marine atlas produced in England, this was the first English chart of New England waters. It clearly shows the northern navigation routes with soundin... More

A map of New England and New York - Public domain map

This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from... More

Richard Sears, also known as The Pilgrim, 1630

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More

Estate of John Sharp[?] - Brookline public library manuscript collecti...

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A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done...

Based on a 1665 survey by William Reed, this is the earliest map drawn, engraved and printed in North America. The survey was commissioned by the government of Massachusetts to justify the colony's northern and... More

Copy of court order empowering Deacon W. Parke and T. Gardner to make ...

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Copy of court order empowering Deacon W. Parke and T. Gardner to make ...

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Decision of W. Parke and T. Gardner to give Widow Sharp 100 pounds

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Oak glass case fragment

English "glass cases" were used for the storage of glasses, table garniture and pots. This fragment of the front of a glass case is the only New England example known and was made in Rowley, Massachusetts circa... More

Pas-kaart vande zee kusten inde boght van Niew Engeland : tusschen de ...

Published by the leading Dutch producer of navigational aids, this chart of New England is unlike any other of the region. It was the only Dutch chart of the colony published in the 17th century. Near the end o... More

A new map of New England, New York, New Iarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland ...

England's widening sphere of influence in eastern North America is reflected on a late 17th century map published in London. By this time, the British had extended their territorial claims from the original Che... More

Imperii Sinarum nova descriptio - Public domain old map

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old city plan, fortifications, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A mappe of a certaine tract of land lying within the limits of Waterto...

Shows boundaries of Dedham and Sudbury, John Woodward and Barnett, Jenisons’ farm and middow mears [ meadow of shallow lake]. Shows brooks, lakes and various acreage of plots of meadows, land and ponds. List “e... More

Boston Harbour in New England nautical chart

This is the first printed chart of Boston Harbor. It appeared only in the 1689 and 1698 editions of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book. Seller's publication became the most popular navigational manual for ships... More

A new mapp of New England and Annapolis and the countrys adjacent

As an example of early English mapping of the British Colonies in North America, Browne's map shows the northeastern part of the continent from the St. Lawrence River to the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, the m... More

Robert Sharp's power of attorney to Stephen Williams on going to war

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Some sort of legal document, mentions Joseph and Martha Buckminster

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Receipt to Thomas Nowell for 4 pounds 10 shillings

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Will of Sarah Nowell - Brookline public library manuscript collection

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Josiah Dennis Manse (built 1735 or 1736) corner of Nobscussett Rd. & W...

Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More

Appointment of Sarah Nowell as administrator of the estate of her form...

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Deed of land from Esther Grosvenor to Gyles Dyer

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Deed of land from Esther Grosvenor to Gyles Dyer

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Azariah Egleston, Lenox, Massachusetts

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Hannah Egleston, Lenox, Massachusetts

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Petition of Sarah Sharp to have estate of land of her late husband div...

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"Italian Credenza, ca. 1700" - Stevens Coolidge travel collection

Italian Credenza, ca. 1700. Carved wood credenza with candlestick on top; paintings hanging above. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

Menotomy map 1700 - Public domain vintage map

Photo reproduction of painting of Queen Mary of Scots escape from Loch...

Photo reproduction of painting of Queen Mary of Scots escape from Loch Leven Castle. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center