1970 Edward Rowe Snow Pictorial Map of Boston Bay
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Map of Romantic Boston Bay. The Shore Line from Salem Harbor to Scituate Harbor.
Includes the Salem Witch Trials and the Boston Tea Party.
Includes the Salem Witch Trials and the Boston Tea Party.
This is a 1970 Edward Rowe Snow pictorial map of Boston Bay. Depicting coastal Massachusetts from Salem Harbor to Scituate Harbor, Snow populates the map with illustrations of important buildings and historical events throughout Massachusetts's history. Among these are the Salem Witch Trials ('Eight Firebrands of Hell'), the Boston Tea Party, and numerous maritime events and disasters. Regional myths and legends appear as well, including the Forget-Me-Not legend and Nahant's Sea Serpent. Coastal forts appear alongside pleasure beaches, shipyards, and lighthouses. Illustrations of nine important buildings in Boston occupy the upper left and include the State House, the Bunker Hill Memorial, the Boston Public Library, and Old North Church.Publication History and Census
This map was created by Edward Rowe Snow with assistance from Stanley Grzywoc and published by the Planograph Printing Company in 1970. We note six examples cataloged in OCLC which are part of the collections at Boston College, Harvard University, the Boston Public Library, the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine, the University of Notre Dame, and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.Cartographer
Edward Rowe Snow (August 22, 1902 – April 10, 1982) was an American author and historian. Born in Withrop, Massachusetts, Snow graduated from Harvard University and subsequently from Boston University with an M.A. Snow married Anna-Myrle Haegg on July 8, 1932 with whom he had one daughter. Snow worked as a high school teacher in Winthrop, Massachusetts for a time. He served as a first lieutenant with the XII Bomber Command during World War II and was wounded in North Africa in 1942. He was discharged in 1943 due to the wounds he received. Snow also worked as a daily columnist at The Patriot Ledger, a newspaper in Quiuncy, Massachusetts, from 1957 – 1982. He is widely remembered for his stories about pirates and other nautical subjects. Snow is the author of over forty books many shorter works. Over the course of his life, Snow was the author of over 100 publications, mostly concerning New England coastal history. He is also well remembered for maintaining the tradition of the 'Flying Santa' for over forty years (1936 – 1980). Begun in 1929, the 'Flying Santa' tradition was organized as a way to drop Christmas gifts out of airplanes to lighthouse keepers and their families along the New England coast. Further Details...
Condition
Very good.
References
OCLC 57227407.