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City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters

Title
City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters / by J.H. Colton, N.Y. ; engraved by D.G. Johnson, N. York.
Author
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893.
Publication
New York : J.H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar St., 1849.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 00-14508Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
Johnson, D. G.
Description
1 map in 3 sheets : hand col.; 64 x 130 cm., sheets 71 x 47 and 71 x 45 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings.
  • Shows wards, parks, ferry lines, railroads, and selected buildings.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845 by D.G. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
  • Oriented with north toward the upper right.
  • Includes abstract of the survey and census statistics of New York.
  • Insets: Map of New York City from an actual survey by James Lyne, 1728 -- Philadelphia -- Boston -- Doctor Adrien Van der Dunk's view of Nieuw Amsterdam published in Amsterdam, 1656 -- North or Hudson River -- Vicinity of New York showing the principal roads, rail-roads & canals.
Indexed In (note)
  • Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps
Call Number
Map Div. 00-14508
OCLC
45817527
Author
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893.
Title
City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters / by J.H. Colton, N.Y. ; engraved by D.G. Johnson, N. York.
Imprint
New York : J.H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar St., 1849.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:19,600].
Indexed In:
Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 880
Local Note
NYPL copy has annotations in ink regarding Central Park and Jones Wood Park.
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Added Author
Johnson, D. G.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 00-14508
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