The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country

The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country

Item Information

Title:
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country
Description:
Street planning map of Manhattan. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries.
Creator:
Randel, John
Contributor:
Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831
Name on Item:
by their secretary and surveyor John Randel, Junr. ; P. Maverik sculp.
Date:
1821
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
Connecticut--Maps
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Massachusetts--Maps
New England--Maps
New York--Maps
Northeastern States--Maps
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps
Rhode Island--Maps
Places:
New York > Manhattan
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Extent:
3 maps on 1 sheet : silk ; 55 x 86 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3f463149d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:36,000]
Scale [ca. 1:37,600]
Scale [ca. 1:633,600]
Language:
English
Table of Contents:
A map of the states of Connecticut and Rho[de Islan]d with pa[rts of] New-York, Mas[ssachusetts and New Jers]ey
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel Junr.
The city of [P]hiladelphia with the surrounding country / by John Randel Junr.
Notes:
On silk.
3 plans superimposed upon each other. Maps of New York and Philadelphia appear as partially unrolled sheets on top of a map of southern New England.
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridian: New York City Hall.
Includes illustrations of surveying equipment used by the author.
Includes extensive text in left, right and lower margins outside neat line.
"This paper made by Morris & Kingsland."
In the collection of Lawrence Caldwell.
Identifier:
06_01_011078
Barcode:
30000004174792