Research Catalog

Title

Phelp's new map of the city of Brooklyn and environs.

Publication

• No. 18 Beekman St., N.Y. : Phelps & Watson, 1861
• 117 Fulton St., N.Y. : Lang & Laing, 1861

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Details

Additional Authors

• Phelps & Watson, publisher.
• Lang & Laing Lith., printer.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 55 x 75 cm, sheet 69 x 90 cm

Subjects

• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
• Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Oriented with north at lower left corner.
• Covers the city of Brooklyn north from 60th St. to Green Point and east to the Cemetery of the Evergreens. Minimally details portions of New Utrecht, Flatbush, and New Lots. Also covers Governor's Island and portions of southern Queens and Lower Manhattan. Shows wards, ferry lines, railroads, fire districts, and distances from City Hall (modernly known as Borough Hall).
• Includes decorative border, and radial distances from Brooklyn City Hall in 1/2 miles.
• Also includes population stats 1810 - 1860.
• Vignettes: [Fulton Ferry] -- The City Hall, N.Y. -- The City Hall, Brooklyn -- Brooklyn & New York -- Marine Hospital

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 18-784

OCLC

1048361936

Title

Phelp's new map of the city of Brooklyn and environs.

Publisher

No. 18 Beekman St., N.Y. : Phelps & Watson, 1861

Manufacturer

117 Fulton St., N.Y. : Lang & Laing, 1861

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:22,000 (W 74°01ʹ38ʺ--W 73°55ʹ09ʺ/N 40°44ʹ25ʺ--N 40°38ʹ26ʺ).

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 , vol. 2, page 142, column 2, row 3

Connect to:

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Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York City.

Added Author

Phelps & Watson, publisher.

Lang & Laing Lith., printer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 18-784