New London Tercentenary Map, 1946

This vintage map of New London, Connecticut was created in 1946 as the Tercentenary Map of New London and Vicinity. This restored edition brings the historic New London map to life while preserving the original linework and its hand-drawn shorelines, sailing ships, villages, rivers, and pictorial vignettes along Long Island Sound.

About This Historic Map

Drawn as a detailed pictorial map, this piece presents New London and its surrounding coast as it looked when the region celebrated three centuries of history, honoring its Bold Indians, Heroic Pilgrims, Hardy Whalers, Staunch Seamen, and Famous Ships. Charming illustrations of colonial figures, deer, ships, and sea creatures are scattered across the view, tracing the coastline from the Sound out to the open Atlantic Ocean.

Notable landmarks shown on the map include New London, Groton, Mystic, Old Mystic, Old Lyme, Chesterfield, Gales Ferry, Center Groton, Pawcatuck, the Thames River, Fishers Island, Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean, along with many of the historic villages and shorelines that shaped life around New London.

For anyone with roots along this stretch of the Connecticut coast, this map is more than a historic view. It captures the whaling ships, quiet harbors, and small coastal villages from New London to Mystic, and the memories that keep families connected to this seafaring corner of New England.

A statement piece for any room, this reproduction is printed using KNOWOL's restored version of the 1946 New London map, preserving the historic character of the original while adding depth, warmth, and visual clarity. It makes a meaningful addition to a home, office, library, den, or local history collection.