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

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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New York City

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Manhattan

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

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Title
City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters
Names
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893 (Publisher)
Johnson, David G., engraver (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1849
Place: New York
Publisher: J.H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar St.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-14508
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Jersey City (N.J.) -- Maps
New York (N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps
New York (N.Y.) -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles
New York County (N.Y.) -- Maps
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
New York (N.Y.) -- Maps
New York Metropolitan Area -- Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: 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.
Content: "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."
Content: Includes abstract of the survey and census statistics of New York.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy has annotations in ink regarding Central Park and Jones Wood Park.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Content: Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings.
Content: Shows wards, parks, ferry lines, railroads, and selected buildings.
Citation/reference: Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 880
Statement of responsibility: by J.H. Colton, N.Y. ; engraved by D.G. Johnson, N. York.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map in 3 sheets : hand col. ; 64 x 130 cm., sheets 71 x 47 and 71 x 45 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45817527
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14963778
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c05d1960-c5aa-012f-8ca5-58d385a7bc34
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Creator Born
  • 1849: Issued
  • 1893: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef92-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef92-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). City & county map of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef92-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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