Map of the Romantic Island of Long Beach, New Jersey

Pictorial map, hand colored, first edition original print dated 1940. This shows details of the island's geography and its early colonial history, as illustrated by local island historian Charles Edgar Nash. The map is covered with small illustrations, each with an explanation and various outdoor recreation. Borders with landmarks, coastal scenes , and historical vignettes of the seashore and inland area around Long Beach Island, on the lower border: the list of the vessels "Between 400 and 500 vessels have ended their day in historical times on Long beach ..." With all the facts and localized historical stories and illustrations, the map doubles as a historical map as well as a pictorial map. Includes decorative title cartouche and compass rose oriented north to the upper right.