Can anyone identify the source of this map of the Boston Harbor Islands?

January 5, 2009 1:35 PM

Can anyone identify the source of this map of the Boston Harbor Islands?

I'm looking for a copy/replica of an Edward Rowe Snow map entitled "The Islands of Boston Harbor." My parents have a copy, though they can't remember where it came from. There are no creases, so I don't think that it was originally a foldout from a book (though there is a book of the same name by Snow, with editions from 1935, 1971, and 2008). The map's copyright date is 1962. Any ideas on where I should look?

Here's a link to a photo of the map and a detail view.

posted by quatsch to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

The map is the frontispiece of the book. Do you need a larger copy?
posted by ubiquity at 2:15 PM on January 5, 2009

Response by poster: That frontispiece seems a bit different from the map I'm looking for. The original is roughly 15 x 15".
posted by quatsch at 2:30 PM on January 5, 2009

I always check the David Rumsey collection. I didn't see it immediately but there are 1,304 matches for "boston harbor."
posted by otherwordlyglow at 2:44 PM on January 5, 2009

Best answer: Go to this page, scroll down to heading '21123. [maps] by Edward Rowe Snow' (about a third of the way down. The map is item 'o. Map of The Islands of Boston Harbor. c.1962. [included in The Islands of Boston Harbor and others] 16” x 17”.' No picture, sadly, but this is yours.

A bargain at $34! Enjoy.
posted by Sova at 2:59 PM on January 5, 2009

Response by poster: Excellent! I've emailed the proprietor of the page for more information, but that looks like exactly what I was looking for.
posted by quatsch at 9:26 PM on January 5, 2009