We hope you have had a great start to 2024! Bob and Danielle kicked off the New Year with a walk around Chatham picking up litter. As Danielle wrote "Our annual New Year’s Day trash pickup walk around the block yielded three bags of trash along with scrap wood and metal. The 3 mile walk through the neighborhood, down the bike path and along Route 28 has become a welcome tradition."

Perri started the year with some much-needed quiet time with her husband and cats.

We are currently operating on our Winter Hours, which means we are closed on Sundays and Mondays. If you want to visit the store and can't make it during our normal hours, we may be able to accommodate by appointment. This is the time of year when we work hard to get as many maps, prints, and charts online as we can, so you can look forward to emails full of interesting new additions!

Below, we shall highlight some exciting new maps, but you can always visit our Newly Listed Maps section to see everything from the past month or so. We have a Great Maps - Super Deals category that offers our discounted items. And don't forget that we also have a category specifically for maps under $100!

If you are looking for something specific, we recommend using the search function or the "Filter By" function on the left side above the listings to search within a category.

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Coast Survey Charts

Our hand-colored Coast Survey report charts are absolutely stunning, thanks to our professional colorist. These are popular items and each one is unique, due to different publication years and coloring. We will highlight some below but there are even more online in the Newly Listed (Coastal Report Charts) section. Be sure to click through and see them all!

1853 - Northeast coastline, Sketch B, Showing the progress of Section No. 2 - Antique Coast Chart

1853 - Western Coast of the United States from San Francisco to San Diego - Antique Coast Survey Chart

1860 - Florida - Sketch F Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section VI With a General Reconnoissance of the Coast of Florida 1848-1860 - Antique Chart

1860 - Preliminary Chart of Drake's Bay California - Antique Chart

1854 - York River and Cape Neddick Harbors, Maine - Antique Map

1856 - Reconnoissance of Olympia Harbor, Washington Territory - Antique Chart

1853 - Reconnoissance of Sabine Pass (between Texas and Louisiana) - Antique Chart

A Charming Atlas of England

We expect to be adding more antique books and atlases to our website this year. The first new addition is this delightful atlas of England from the turn of the 19th Century. Jane Austen fans might be thrilled to think the Austen family could have had a similar atlas.

Renna (Reindeer) - Reproduction on Antique Paper

The owner of the atlas, M. Clayton, had extra pages bound into the book at front and back upon which he or she appears to have recorded their travels with distance in miles. The years noted on those pages are 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1815

Maps of Albany & Schenectady Counties, New York

We continue to add more town maps of the Northeast to our website little by little. The latest additions are from the 1866 Atlas of Albany and Schenectady. These maps include property owners' names and densely populated areas are sometimes enlarged separately.

1866 - Cohoes (New York ) - Antique Map

1866 - Bethlehem (New York ) - Antique Map

1866 - Niskayuna (New York ) - Antique Map

Maps of Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury, Boston, MA

One thing that occasionally trips folks up is when they are searching for an antique map of a location that was known under a different name. Jamaica Plain is a well-known and loved part of Boston these days, but in 1890, it was known as part of West Roxbury. Knowing some history can make it so much easier to find the antique maps you are seeking!

1890 - Outline and Index Map of West Roxbury, Ward 23, City of Boston (includes modern day Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Forest Hills) - Antique Map

1890 - Plate 11 Part of West Roxbury, City of Boston (now Jamaica Plain) - Antique Map

1890 - Plate 9 Part of West Roxbury, City of Boston (now Jamaica Plain) - Antique Map

1890 - Plate 12 Part of West Roxbury, City of Boston (now Jamaica Plain) - Antique Map

We wish we could highlight every newly-added map, chart, and print and give each one its moment in the spotlight, but unfortunately it just isn't possible. Here are a few more noteworthy, recently-added items you don't want to miss!

Some wonderful and affordable sailboat and lighthouse prints!

1829 - Moveable Time Chart - Antique Print

1829 - London, French, Paris - Antique Print

1829 - The World - Antique Map

1900 - Arms of Various Nations. - Antique Print

Our shop is currently operating on winter hours!

Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 5pm.

Closed Sundays and Mondays until May.

You can shop online any day, any time: mapsofantiquity.com 

Or give us a call at: 508-945-1660

If you or your loved-ones need accommodations, send them to our converted 18th century farmhouse, Chatham Guest Rooms. We have been very well reviewed on TripAdvisor!

Need a quiet and cozy winter getaway? Look no further. Our Main Suite has a wood-burning fireplace, bathroom with tub, and full kitchen. The East Room is a charming home-base for winter adventures- there's plenty still to do here in winter! If the weather is cooperating, you can take a long walk on the beach or on the bike path. Drive around the Cape visiting antique stores, mom & pop shops, and old timey general stores. Chatham is a wonderful place to stay to experience all the Cape has to offer!



Our Guest Rooms calendar is already booking for Summer! Book now to avoid disappointment.

Book your stay now at Chatham Guest Rooms. The rates are reasonable and you will be staying in the building that is home to Maps of Antiquity. You can pop in to look at maps quite easily during business hours. We rent rooms year 'round!