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Captain John Bonner's plan shows the Shawmut Peninsula before centuries of landfill erased its original shoreline, connected to the mainland only by the narrow Boston Neck. Settlement clusters densely in the North End and along Cornhill and King Streets, thinning toward the south and west. Wharves, shipyards, and ropewalks line the waterfront, mapping a town whose economy ran on salt water and timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe three bumps near the Common labeled \"Trimontane\". Bonner drew ships with care but rendered the hills as simple lumps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe index key A through M at the edge of the map; entry \"M\" marks Christ Church, a unique addition found only in this copy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe imprint line reads \"Sold by Capt. John Bonner and Willm. Price against ye Town House\". 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This is the sixth state of nine, and the only known example in this particular state. A decorative cartouche at upper left dedicates the map to Governor Jonathan Belcher, and a printed advertisement for Price's shop appears beneath it. The map remains oriented with the original Bonner layout, showing the town divided into wards as of 1735, with sailing vessels filling the harbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe date. The last two digits \"39\" are handwritten in ink, updating the printed plate to its current year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003ePrice's shop advertisement beneath the dedication cartouche; the mapmaker was also a print dealer selling \"all sorts of Prints, Mapps, \u0026amp;c.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe descriptive text beneath the title mentioning the town's division into wards in 1735. 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