About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc.
+ o - ^
previous next

Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc.

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

  • Het nievwe licht der zeevaert
  • Atlas eclipticalis 1950.0
  • Map of Central America including the states of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica, the territories of Belise & Mosquito, with parts of Mexico, Yucatan & New Granada
  • A chart of Delaware Bay and River
  • Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo, in veteris amicitie ac familiaritatis memoriam Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat A0. M.D. LXXXVII.
  • Arabia.
  • Florida.
  • A map of the icy sea in which the several communications with the land waters and other new discoveries are exhibited
  • Zeichenerklärung
  • Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio
  • America Septentrionalis.
  • A chart of the world : exhibiting the prevailing religion and population of the present empires, kingdoms and states : also the principal missionary stations throughout the globe, 1842.
  • Carta dell' Egitto, Sudan, Mar Rosso, Assab, Massaua, Abissinia ecc.
  • Map of lots & buildings as shewn by the dotted lines and figures to be sold at auction by James Bleecker & Sons
  • New York province. Map of the country of the VI nations proper with part of the adjacent colonies.
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Maps of New York City and State

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
New York City

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Manhattan

View as book

This Item

Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc.

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc.
Names
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (Publisher)
Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901 (Cartographer)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1878
Place: New York
Publisher: G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-674
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Jersey City (N.J.)
Hoboken (N.J.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
Local transit -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Scale [1:28,800]. 2400 ft. to 1 inch. (W 74°02ʹ58ʺ--W 73°55ʹ42ʺ/N 40°48ʹ12ʺ--N 40°39ʹ14ʺ)
Content: Main map covers Manhattan to 125th Street, and adjoining parts of Brooklyn to Greenwood Cemetery, of Jersey City and Hoboken.
Content: Inset: Plan of the northern portion of the city of New York.
Content: Shows wards, railroad and ferry lines.
Statement of responsibility: "[Entered accor]ding to act of Congress in the year 1865 by G. Woolworth Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : colored ; 61 x 43 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087663898
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20535941
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 910a64e0-f092-0130-7367-58d385a7b928
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

  • 1878: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1878. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75058670-f3a2-0130-4cc1-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75058670-f3a2-0130-4cc1-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1878). Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75058670-f3a2-0130-4cc1-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75058670-f3a2-0130-4cc1-58d385a7b928 | title= (cartographic) Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc., (1878)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Colton's New York City : Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, etc.