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A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 : : on which pond the first boat propelled by steam with paddle wheels or screw propellers was constructed by John Fitch, six years before Robert Fulton ...

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 : : on which pond the first boat propelled by steam with paddle wheels or screw propellers was constructed by John Fitch, six years before Robert Fulton ...
Names
Hutchings, John, cooper (Author)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1846
Place: Williamsburgh, L. Island, [N.Y.]
Publisher: John Hutchings, No. 3 Wesley Place
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-360 [Filed with NYC 1793]
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Collect Pond (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Ponds -- New York (State) -- New York
Steam-navigation -- History
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Probably extracted from a book; originally folded to 21 cm.
Content: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by John Hutchings in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."
Content: Includes descriptive text and ill. pertaining to the origins of steam navigation.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown by hachures and depth by soundings.
Content: Rose Fund.
Statement of responsibility: by John Hutchings.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 20 x 14 cm., on sheet 40 x 50 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45217541
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14917376
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f701a050-c5aa-012f-16dd-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1846: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 : " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1846. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eddf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 : " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eddf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1846). A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 : Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eddf-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity in the City of New York in 1793 :