Map of the Island of Nantucket

In his 1782 collection of essays, Letters from an American Farmer, Hector St. John de Crèvecœur described the Cape Cod region as a kind of microcosm of social transformations occurring in North America. "What has happened here has and will happen everywhere else," he wrote; given "the full rewards of their industry" farmers were like an undammed stream "spreading plenty and cheerfulness" across the continent. Crèvecœur included this map as a visual aid to his argument. He tell us it was created by James Tupper, "son of the sheriff of the island." What follows is a tour of Nantucket accompanied by glowing descriptions of a new world created by small yeoman farmers. Note: image has been lightly color corrected for better visability.

Tupper, James

Map

11 x 8 in.