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Source Description
General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6t053q36s
label
A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053q36s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America
description
General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas.
date
["[1776]"]
year
1776
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006307
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Land use, Rural--New York (State)--New York--Maps--Early works to 1800
New York (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New York
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
city
New York
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
40.7
schema:longitude
-74
extent
1 map ; 28 x 37 cm.
notes
General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas.
Relief shown by hachures.
Also shows "Road to Kings Bridge where the Rebels mean to make a stand" and "Road to Kepps Bay where the Kings troops landed."
Also covers rural part of Manhattan Island up to present-day 14th Street and small parts of Long Island.
Removed from: The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, London, Nov. 1776, v. 59.
Watermark: Oval cartouche surmounted by crown with capital letter W at right.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
6t053q36s
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5d18c6ef438c9afc