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

Title
City & county map of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & adjacent waters / by J.H. Colton & Co.
Author
J.H. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.
Publication
172 William St., N.Y. : J.H. Colton & Co., [1857]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 19-279Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Description
1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored; 64 x 125 cm, sheets 73 x 63 cm or smaller
Alternative Title
City and county map of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City and adjacent waters
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures, depth shown by soundings.
  • Includes 6 insets: Map of New York City from an actual survey by James Lyne, 1728 -- Philadelphia -- Boston -- Dr. Adrien Van der Dunk's view of Nieuw Amsterdam, 1656 -- North or Hudson River -- Vicinity of New York showing the principal roads, rail-roads & canals with distance of villas from the city.
  • Includes information from the survey of New York describing width of and distance between streets, and census statistics from 1614 to 1845.
  • Shows wards.
Call Number
Map Div. 19-279
OCLC
76701442
Author
J.H. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.
Title
City & county map of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & adjacent waters / by J.H. Colton & Co.
Publisher
172 William St., N.Y. : J.H. Colton & Co., [1857]
Edition
Rev. ed. 1857.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:20,000 (W 74°01ʹ20ʺ--W 73°54ʹ47ʺ/N 40°52ʹ50ʺ--N 40°41ʹ41ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Local Note
NYPL copy is in poor condition, portion of title, and border missing.
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Place of Publication
United States New York (State) New York City.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 19-279
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