Research Catalog

Title

Colton's road map of Long Island / G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., New York.

Author

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.

Publication

New York : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1897.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map : color; 37 x 159 cm, on sheet 40 x 168 cm

Alternative Title

• Road map of Long Island
• Long Island
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US162.1.01

Subjects

• Long Island (N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Bicycle trails > New York (State) > Long Island > Maps
• Railroads > New York (State) > Long Island > Maps
• Maps
• Roads > New York (State) > Long Island > Maps
• Long Island (N.Y.) > Maps
• Road maps

Genre/Form

• Road maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Shows roads, railroads, cities and towns, and radial distances from New York City Hall.
• Also includes information about cycling "routes through Brooklyn"; "good cycling roads in red;" and covers Manhattan and portions of Staten Island, New Jersey, and the Bronx.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1889, by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian at Congress at Washington."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5971

OCLC

942757153

Author

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.

Title

Colton's road map of Long Island / G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., New York.

Publisher

New York : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1897.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:126,000 (W 74°00ʹ--W 71°50ʹ/N 41°10ʹ--N 40°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 873, column 2, row 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy is divided in 2 sheets, 80 x 84 cm or smaller.

Source

US162.1.01

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5971 [2 sheets]