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Highlights from the Map Collection

The New-York Historical Society's map collection ranges from the 17th century to the present and includes both printed and manuscript items. Geographic scope varies by time period, but extends from New York to the entire country. Among the manuscript maps that have been digitized are the unique sketches of projected battle sites of the American Revolution by Robert Erskine and Simeon DeWitt, and a series of maps created by Lawrence Veiller for the Tenement House Committee that document overcrowding in Manhattan in 1899:.
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The New-York Historical Society's map collection ranges from the 17th century to the present and includes both printed and manuscript items. Geographic scope varies by time period, but extends from New York to the entire country. Among the manuscript maps that have been digitized are the unique sketches of projected battle sites of the American Revolution by Robert Erskine and Simeon DeWitt, and a series of maps created by Lawrence Veiller for the Tenement House Committee that document overcrowding in Manhattan in 1899:.
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Buckingham Smith's Map of the coast of Florida from St. Augustine to the St. Lucie River, 1605 [between 1854 and 1858]
Copy of a 1605 map depicting the coast of Florida from St. Augustine to the St. Lucie River, removed from a bound volume in the Buckingham Smith papers at the New-York Historical Society. The volume includes transcriptions of 17th-18th century documents made between 1854 and 1858, probably from originals at the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid, Spain, and also includes hand-drawn maps and correspondence to Smith. The map is listed in the…
Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, Tenement House Committee Strong-holds of poverty and Prevalence of disease maps, 1899
These 89 maps, hand-drawn and hand-colored, were created in 1899: under the leadership of Lawrence Veiller in conjunction with the Charity Organization Society of New York for display at the Tenement House Exhibition, held in Manhattan in February 1900. They depict neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, from the Battery to Harlem, in two series: "Strong-holds of poverty" and "Prevalence of disease." Colored dots on the first series indicate the…
J.G. Swift's Report on the Defence of the City of New-York, Accompanied With Maps, Views, and Topographical Plans, 1814
"A collection of thirty-three maps, plans, and views of the fortifications constructed on Manhattan Island during the War of 1812 originally bound up with a beautifully engrossed Report on the Defence of the City of New-York ... Addressed to the Committee of the Common Council by J.G. Swift, Brigadier General, Chief Engineer of the United States, New York, 1814 ... According to a statement at the end of the report, the 'Surveys, Maps & Small…
John Randel's Cadastral map of Manhattan, approximately 1815
This cadastral map of Manhattan in 26 sections on 13 sheets appears to be a draft of another map printed in Sackersdorff, Otto. Maps of farms, commonly called the Blue Book 1815 (New York: 1868). The map shows property lines and owners' names, some existing roads and projected streets, and shows relief by hachures. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Sackersdorff gives the date of the manuscript map as circa 1815. Attributed to Randel by the…
Revolutionary Era Maps
These highlights from the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library's extensive map collection illuminate the tremendous geographic, political, and economic changes that transformed thirteen distinct colonies in North America into a new nation. Included are maps produced by Francis Maerschalck and Bernard Ratzer before the Revolutionary war; surveys by George Washington's cartographers, Robert Erskine and Simeon DeWitt, and other maps that document…
Robert Erskine-Simeon DeWitt maps, 1778-1783
This series of field sketches and finished maps of projected battle sites in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary war was begun by Robert Erskine, geographer and surveyor-general to the Continental Army, and completed by his successor, Simeon De Witt. Robert Erskine (1735-1780) was appointed Geographer to Washington's army in 1777. He surveyed both sides of the Hudson River and a large area covering the…

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A prospective plan of the battle fought near Lake George on the 8th of September, 1755 : between 2000 English with 250 Mohawks under the command of general Johnson and 2500 French and Indians under the command of general Dieskau in which the English were

The first historical print engraved in America. Blodget witnessed the battle and immediately afterwards drew the original plan from which Thomas Johnston made the line engraving. Relief shown pictorally. New-York Historical's copy: Handwritten note on side of map, "From New York to Pakeepsy 100 Miles. From Paukeepsy to Albany 65 m."

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A new and correct map of North America, with the West India islands, divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, & the several provinces and colonies

New state of 1779 issue showing 1783 boundaries and with changes to the title but retaining the 1779 date in imprint; The map includes articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 17, 18, and 20 of the Treaty of Versailles
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The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel, Junr.

Street planning map. 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. Includes extensive "REMARKS," also a key to New York City buildings. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Shows relief by hachures. Imperfect: lacking 4 x 9 and 2 x 5 cm. upper right corner, 2 x 2 cm. upper left side. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, 1997, p. 106ff; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula

This map's image is a virtual duplicate of Joannes Jansson's "Belgii Novi Angliae," circa 1660, and some believe there was a common (Danckers) prototype. This map, of which only a few copies are known, is quite similar to the Visscher map with the most important difference being in the inset view of New York. The Allard view is a new engraving – the fifth in the sequence of engraved views of New York – made from a new drawing. When translated into English the caption identifies the view as "of New-Amsterdam lately called New York, and now retaken by the Netherlands on 14 Aug.
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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, : on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commandi

Cadastral map. Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of the later Houston Street. Shows existing streets, some buildings, farms, docks, and names of property owners and natural landmarks. Relief shown by hachures. Black ink on paper backed with cloth. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000. References: Stokes, Issac Newton Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
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Plan of the Central Park : respectfully submitted to the Commissioners of the Park : March, 1858 : A.H.N.

The George E. Waring, Jr. plan of Central Park. Number 29 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, roads, plantings, a "Gymnasium and Drill Room" [arsenal], and a home for the Crystal Palace. Inscription on verso: "#29 of 33 plans submitted for competition, April 1858. Edw Selo Draughtsman, G.E. Waring author". The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 23.
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A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Màriland, Dèlaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island : of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the Confederate Indians ; comprehending Aquanishounigy proper

Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. From Evans, L. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays, Philadelphia, 1755. Inset: A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c. "To the honourable Thomas Pownall Esqr. Permit me, Sir, to pay you this tribute of gratitude. for the great assistance you have given me in this map ...
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To His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America : this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's obedient servant

"This plan was taken between the 22nd & 28th of October, 1781."-- cartouche at foot. "Note. The Land within the doted [sic] lines has been laid down by survey." Relief shown by hachures.
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Map of the lands included in the Central Park, from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856

The Egbert L. Viele map of Central Park. Covers the area later bounded by 59th and 106th Streets, 5th Avenue and Central Park West, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows rock outcrops, buildings, reservoir, existing roads. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Oriented with north to right of sheet. "Engr. by Ferd. Mayer & Co." on companion map. From First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, January 1857.
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[Map of Long Island and adjacent areas of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey] / Ro. Ryder surveyed

Pen-and-ink (black and color), color wash on laid paper. This is the manuscript of the earliest survey known of Long Island as far east as Riverhead. "ANNO DOMINI 1670" embedded in cartouche decoration. A shoreline map, it shows most of Long Island, all of modern New York City and the shorelines of Connecticut and New Jersey, marks the rocky coast in red, gives placenames, and outlines the various colonies in different colors.
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Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767.

The Ratzer map of New York City. First state, 1770. Covers part of modern New York City: Manhattan below the later 60th Street and Brooklyn north of the later 30th Street and west of the later Union Avenue; also a small part of modern Queens and of Jersey City, New Jersey. Shows built up and cultivated areas, streets and rural roads, some buildings, piers. Also shows streams, ponds and wetlands. Shows relief by hachures. Shows depths by soundings. Dedication at upper left: "To His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart.
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This map of the City of New York and island of Manhattan as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the legislature April 3, 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, alderman and commonality thereof / by their most obedient servant Wm. Bridges ; en

Photolithographic reproduction of the William Bridges map of New York. Street planning map. Covers the entire island of Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Shows some buildings. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by shading. Derived from a manuscript draft by John Randel--cf. Cohen and Augustyn, op. cit. "Filed April 1st 1811." Certified by the commissioners. Ink, color wash. No watermark. Includes index. References: I.N.P. Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island (1915-1928), Vol. III, page 549; Daniel C. Haskell, Manhattan Maps (1931), 655; Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn.
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A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, made by James Lyne

Known as the Bradford map, this is the first map of New York printed in the city itself. It is dated to 1731 on the basis of an advertisement in the New York Gazette, August 30-September 6, 1731. Covers lower Manhattan. Shows wards, streets, and public buildings. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes index to points of interest. In cartouche at upper left: "To his excellency John Montgomerie, Esq. Capt. Genl. & Gov.
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A Plan of the city and environs of New York as they were in the years 1742. 1743. & 1744. / drawn by D--- G--- in the 76th year of his age, who has at this time a perfect and correct recollection of every part of the same. Cedar Street. August 1813.

David Grim's map of prerevolutionary Manhattan. Historical map. Covers Manhattan Island south of modern 14th Street, New York (N.Y.). Shows buildings and many other urban features; also shows natural and agricultural features. Date of ms. 1813 Aug. Date of situation between 1742 and 1744. On label pasted at top center: "Presented to the New York Historical Society by David Grim". Pen-and-ink (black and color), watercolor, pencil on paper. Selected material shown pictorially. Includes index. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps, p. 62-63; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied

This manuscript map of Harlem is thought to have been drawn under the direction of James Renwick, whose son and namesake became a famous architect, for the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. It includes a view of the Hudson River in the inset at the upper right. Military map. Covers the area later bounded by 85th and 135th Streets, Hell Gate and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows fortifications, including batteries and redoubts. Also shows buildings, roads, streams and bridges. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by form lines.
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Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, [1655?]

The maps of Nicolaes Visscher are among the famous descendants of the Jan Jansson map of circa 1651. The successive states of the engraving can be identified by minor changes made on the original plate. Of equal interest to the actual map, however, is the inset depicting "Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans." This is the third engraved view of New Amsterdam; from the beginning it must have been considered important and attractive for it was frequently copied by other map-makers.
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To His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America. : this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's obedient servant,

General Washington asked Major Sebastian Bauman, an American artillery officer and military engineer, to survey the terrain and battle positions at Yorktown, three days after the British surrendered there. It was the first large-scale battle map printed in the United States, sold by subscription only with relatively few sheets printed. New-York Historical holds two copies, one of which is believed to be Bauman's personal copy.
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Position de 'larmee Américane et Française a Philips-bourg : distante de 12 milles de Kings-bridge et 25 milles de New-York, depuis le 6 Juillet 1781

Includes key. Military battlefield map. Covers the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York: Shows disposition of troops, cavalry and artillery. Also shows roads running through Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry and White Plains. Also shows buildings, landforms, streams and vegetative cover. On verso: "[?]aris Dessins topographiques" Pen-and-ink, watercolor on laid paper. Shows relief by shading. Stained, lightly soiled. Mounted on (probably contemporaneous) hardboard.
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Plan of the Central Park, New York : entry no. 4 in the competition. March 20, 1858

The John Rink plan of Central Park. Number 4 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, a parade ground, roads, plantings, and a monumental museum building (precursor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) proposed for the south and east flanks of the Yorkville Reservoir. The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 22. Rink was probably an engineer in the employ of the parks commissioners.
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A prospective plan of the battle fought near Lake George on the 8th of September, 1755 : between 2000 English with 250 Mohawks under the command of general Johnson and 2500 French and Indians under the command of general Dieskau in which the English were

The first historical print engraved in America. Blodget witnessed the battle and immediately afterwards drew the original plan from which Thomas Johnston made the line engraving. Relief shown pictorally. New-York Historical's copy: Handwritten note on side of map, "From New York to Pakeepsy 100 Miles. From Paukeepsy to Albany 65 m."

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A new and correct map of North America, with the West India islands, divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, & the several provinces and colonies

New state of 1779 issue showing 1783 boundaries and with changes to the title but retaining the 1779 date in imprint; The map includes articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 17, 18, and 20 of the Treaty of Versailles
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The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel, Junr.

Street planning map. 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. Includes extensive "REMARKS," also a key to New York City buildings. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Shows relief by hachures. Imperfect: lacking 4 x 9 and 2 x 5 cm. upper right corner, 2 x 2 cm. upper left side. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, 1997, p. 106ff; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula

This map's image is a virtual duplicate of Joannes Jansson's "Belgii Novi Angliae," circa 1660, and some believe there was a common (Danckers) prototype. This map, of which only a few copies are known, is quite similar to the Visscher map with the most important difference being in the inset view of New York. The Allard view is a new engraving – the fifth in the sequence of engraved views of New York – made from a new drawing. When translated into English the caption identifies the view as "of New-Amsterdam lately called New York, and now retaken by the Netherlands on 14 Aug.
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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, : on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commandi

Cadastral map. Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of the later Houston Street. Shows existing streets, some buildings, farms, docks, and names of property owners and natural landmarks. Relief shown by hachures. Black ink on paper backed with cloth. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000. References: Stokes, Issac Newton Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
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Plan of the Central Park : respectfully submitted to the Commissioners of the Park : March, 1858 : A.H.N.

The George E. Waring, Jr. plan of Central Park. Number 29 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, roads, plantings, a "Gymnasium and Drill Room" [arsenal], and a home for the Crystal Palace. Inscription on verso: "#29 of 33 plans submitted for competition, April 1858. Edw Selo Draughtsman, G.E. Waring author". The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 23.
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A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Màriland, Dèlaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island : of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the Confederate Indians ; comprehending Aquanishounigy proper

Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. From Evans, L. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays, Philadelphia, 1755. Inset: A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c. "To the honourable Thomas Pownall Esqr. Permit me, Sir, to pay you this tribute of gratitude. for the great assistance you have given me in this map ...
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Map of the lands included in the Central Park, from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856

The Egbert L. Viele map of Central Park. Covers the area later bounded by 59th and 106th Streets, 5th Avenue and Central Park West, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows rock outcrops, buildings, reservoir, existing roads. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Oriented with north to right of sheet. "Engr. by Ferd. Mayer & Co." on companion map. From First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, January 1857.
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[Map of Long Island and adjacent areas of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey] / Ro. Ryder surveyed

Pen-and-ink (black and color), color wash on laid paper. This is the manuscript of the earliest survey known of Long Island as far east as Riverhead. "ANNO DOMINI 1670" embedded in cartouche decoration. A shoreline map, it shows most of Long Island, all of modern New York City and the shorelines of Connecticut and New Jersey, marks the rocky coast in red, gives placenames, and outlines the various colonies in different colors.
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Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767.

The Ratzer map of New York City. First state, 1770. Covers part of modern New York City: Manhattan below the later 60th Street and Brooklyn north of the later 30th Street and west of the later Union Avenue; also a small part of modern Queens and of Jersey City, New Jersey. Shows built up and cultivated areas, streets and rural roads, some buildings, piers. Also shows streams, ponds and wetlands. Shows relief by hachures. Shows depths by soundings. Dedication at upper left: "To His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart.
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This map of the City of New York and island of Manhattan as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the legislature April 3, 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, alderman and commonality thereof / by their most obedient servant Wm. Bridges ; en

Photolithographic reproduction of the William Bridges map of New York. Street planning map. Covers the entire island of Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Shows some buildings. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by shading. Derived from a manuscript draft by John Randel--cf. Cohen and Augustyn, op. cit. "Filed April 1st 1811." Certified by the commissioners. Ink, color wash. No watermark. Includes index. References: I.N.P. Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island (1915-1928), Vol. III, page 549; Daniel C. Haskell, Manhattan Maps (1931), 655; Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn.
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A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, made by James Lyne

Known as the Bradford map, this is the first map of New York printed in the city itself. It is dated to 1731 on the basis of an advertisement in the New York Gazette, August 30-September 6, 1731. Covers lower Manhattan. Shows wards, streets, and public buildings. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes index to points of interest. In cartouche at upper left: "To his excellency John Montgomerie, Esq. Capt. Genl. & Gov.
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A Plan of the city and environs of New York as they were in the years 1742. 1743. & 1744. / drawn by D--- G--- in the 76th year of his age, who has at this time a perfect and correct recollection of every part of the same. Cedar Street. August 1813.

David Grim's map of prerevolutionary Manhattan. Historical map. Covers Manhattan Island south of modern 14th Street, New York (N.Y.). Shows buildings and many other urban features; also shows natural and agricultural features. Date of ms. 1813 Aug. Date of situation between 1742 and 1744. On label pasted at top center: "Presented to the New York Historical Society by David Grim". Pen-and-ink (black and color), watercolor, pencil on paper. Selected material shown pictorially. Includes index. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps, p. 62-63; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied

This manuscript map of Harlem is thought to have been drawn under the direction of James Renwick, whose son and namesake became a famous architect, for the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. It includes a view of the Hudson River in the inset at the upper right. Military map. Covers the area later bounded by 85th and 135th Streets, Hell Gate and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows fortifications, including batteries and redoubts. Also shows buildings, roads, streams and bridges. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by form lines.
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Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, [1655?]

The maps of Nicolaes Visscher are among the famous descendants of the Jan Jansson map of circa 1651. The successive states of the engraving can be identified by minor changes made on the original plate. Of equal interest to the actual map, however, is the inset depicting "Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans." This is the third engraved view of New Amsterdam; from the beginning it must have been considered important and attractive for it was frequently copied by other map-makers.
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To His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America. : this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's obedient servant,

General Washington asked Major Sebastian Bauman, an American artillery officer and military engineer, to survey the terrain and battle positions at Yorktown, three days after the British surrendered there. It was the first large-scale battle map printed in the United States, sold by subscription only with relatively few sheets printed. New-York Historical holds two copies, one of which is believed to be Bauman's personal copy.
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Position de 'larmee Américane et Française a Philips-bourg : distante de 12 milles de Kings-bridge et 25 milles de New-York, depuis le 6 Juillet 1781

Includes key. Military battlefield map. Covers the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York: Shows disposition of troops, cavalry and artillery. Also shows roads running through Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry and White Plains. Also shows buildings, landforms, streams and vegetative cover. On verso: "[?]aris Dessins topographiques" Pen-and-ink, watercolor on laid paper. Shows relief by shading. Stained, lightly soiled. Mounted on (probably contemporaneous) hardboard.
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Plan of the Central Park, New York : entry no. 4 in the competition. March 20, 1858

The John Rink plan of Central Park. Number 4 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, a parade ground, roads, plantings, and a monumental museum building (precursor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) proposed for the south and east flanks of the Yorkville Reservoir. The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 22. Rink was probably an engineer in the employ of the parks commissioners.
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A prospective plan of the battle fought near Lake George on the 8th of September, 1755 : between 2000 English with 250 Mohawks under the command of general Johnson and 2500 French and Indians under the command of general Dieskau in which the English were

The first historical print engraved in America. Blodget witnessed the battle and immediately afterwards drew the original plan from which Thomas Johnston made the line engraving. Relief shown pictorally. New-York Historical's copy: Handwritten note on side of map, "From New York to Pakeepsy 100 Miles. From Paukeepsy to Albany 65 m."

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A new and correct map of North America, with the West India islands, divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are particularly distinguished the United States, & the several provinces and colonies

New state of 1779 issue showing 1783 boundaries and with changes to the title but retaining the 1779 date in imprint; The map includes articles 4, 5, 7, 9, 17, 18, and 20 of the Treaty of Versailles
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The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel, Junr.

Street planning map. 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. Includes extensive "REMARKS," also a key to New York City buildings. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Shows relief by hachures. Imperfect: lacking 4 x 9 and 2 x 5 cm. upper right corner, 2 x 2 cm. upper left side. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, 1997, p. 106ff; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula

This map's image is a virtual duplicate of Joannes Jansson's "Belgii Novi Angliae," circa 1660, and some believe there was a common (Danckers) prototype. This map, of which only a few copies are known, is quite similar to the Visscher map with the most important difference being in the inset view of New York. The Allard view is a new engraving – the fifth in the sequence of engraved views of New York – made from a new drawing. When translated into English the caption identifies the view as "of New-Amsterdam lately called New York, and now retaken by the Netherlands on 14 Aug.
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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, : on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commandi

Cadastral map. Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of the later Houston Street. Shows existing streets, some buildings, farms, docks, and names of property owners and natural landmarks. Relief shown by hachures. Black ink on paper backed with cloth. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000. References: Stokes, Issac Newton Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
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Plan of the Central Park : respectfully submitted to the Commissioners of the Park : March, 1858 : A.H.N.

The George E. Waring, Jr. plan of Central Park. Number 29 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, roads, plantings, a "Gymnasium and Drill Room" [arsenal], and a home for the Crystal Palace. Inscription on verso: "#29 of 33 plans submitted for competition, April 1858. Edw Selo Draughtsman, G.E. Waring author". The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 23.
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A general map of the middle British colonies, in America : viz Virginia, Màriland, Dèlaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island : of Aquanishuonîgy, the country of the Confederate Indians ; comprehending Aquanishounigy proper

Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. From Evans, L. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays, Philadelphia, 1755. Inset: A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R. &c. "To the honourable Thomas Pownall Esqr. Permit me, Sir, to pay you this tribute of gratitude. for the great assistance you have given me in this map ...
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To His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America : this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's obedient servant

"This plan was taken between the 22nd & 28th of October, 1781."-- cartouche at foot. "Note. The Land within the doted [sic] lines has been laid down by survey." Relief shown by hachures.
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Map of the lands included in the Central Park, from a topographical survey, June 17th 1856

The Egbert L. Viele map of Central Park. Covers the area later bounded by 59th and 106th Streets, 5th Avenue and Central Park West, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows rock outcrops, buildings, reservoir, existing roads. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Oriented with north to right of sheet. "Engr. by Ferd. Mayer & Co." on companion map. From First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, January 1857.
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[Map of Long Island and adjacent areas of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey] / Ro. Ryder surveyed

Pen-and-ink (black and color), color wash on laid paper. This is the manuscript of the earliest survey known of Long Island as far east as Riverhead. "ANNO DOMINI 1670" embedded in cartouche decoration. A shoreline map, it shows most of Long Island, all of modern New York City and the shorelines of Connecticut and New Jersey, marks the rocky coast in red, gives placenames, and outlines the various colonies in different colors.
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Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767.

The Ratzer map of New York City. First state, 1770. Covers part of modern New York City: Manhattan below the later 60th Street and Brooklyn north of the later 30th Street and west of the later Union Avenue; also a small part of modern Queens and of Jersey City, New Jersey. Shows built up and cultivated areas, streets and rural roads, some buildings, piers. Also shows streams, ponds and wetlands. Shows relief by hachures. Shows depths by soundings. Dedication at upper left: "To His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart.
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This map of the City of New York and island of Manhattan as laid out by the commissioners appointed by the legislature April 3, 1807 is respectfully dedicated to the mayor, alderman and commonality thereof / by their most obedient servant Wm. Bridges ; en

Photolithographic reproduction of the William Bridges map of New York. Street planning map. Covers the entire island of Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Shows some buildings. Also shows landforms and streams. Shows relief by shading. Derived from a manuscript draft by John Randel--cf. Cohen and Augustyn, op. cit. "Filed April 1st 1811." Certified by the commissioners. Ink, color wash. No watermark. Includes index. References: I.N.P. Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan Island (1915-1928), Vol. III, page 549; Daniel C. Haskell, Manhattan Maps (1931), 655; Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn.
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A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, made by James Lyne

Known as the Bradford map, this is the first map of New York printed in the city itself. It is dated to 1731 on the basis of an advertisement in the New York Gazette, August 30-September 6, 1731. Covers lower Manhattan. Shows wards, streets, and public buildings. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes index to points of interest. In cartouche at upper left: "To his excellency John Montgomerie, Esq. Capt. Genl. & Gov.
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A Plan of the city and environs of New York as they were in the years 1742. 1743. & 1744. / drawn by D--- G--- in the 76th year of his age, who has at this time a perfect and correct recollection of every part of the same. Cedar Street. August 1813.

David Grim's map of prerevolutionary Manhattan. Historical map. Covers Manhattan Island south of modern 14th Street, New York (N.Y.). Shows buildings and many other urban features; also shows natural and agricultural features. Date of ms. 1813 Aug. Date of situation between 1742 and 1744. On label pasted at top center: "Presented to the New York Historical Society by David Grim". Pen-and-ink (black and color), watercolor, pencil on paper. Selected material shown pictorially. Includes index. References: Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps, p. 62-63; Stokes, I.N. Phelps.
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Military topographical sketch of Haerlem Heights and plain, exhibiting the position and forms of field works and block houses which have been constructed in that neghbourhood for the defence of the City of New York by Gen'l Swift, Chief Engineer / copied

This manuscript map of Harlem is thought to have been drawn under the direction of James Renwick, whose son and namesake became a famous architect, for the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. It includes a view of the Hudson River in the inset at the upper right. Military map. Covers the area later bounded by 85th and 135th Streets, Hell Gate and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows fortifications, including batteries and redoubts. Also shows buildings, roads, streams and bridges. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by form lines.
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Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula, [1655?]

The maps of Nicolaes Visscher are among the famous descendants of the Jan Jansson map of circa 1651. The successive states of the engraving can be identified by minor changes made on the original plate. Of equal interest to the actual map, however, is the inset depicting "Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans." This is the third engraved view of New Amsterdam; from the beginning it must have been considered important and attractive for it was frequently copied by other map-makers.
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To His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America. : this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated by His Excellency's obedient servant,

General Washington asked Major Sebastian Bauman, an American artillery officer and military engineer, to survey the terrain and battle positions at Yorktown, three days after the British surrendered there. It was the first large-scale battle map printed in the United States, sold by subscription only with relatively few sheets printed. New-York Historical holds two copies, one of which is believed to be Bauman's personal copy.
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Position de 'larmee Américane et Française a Philips-bourg : distante de 12 milles de Kings-bridge et 25 milles de New-York, depuis le 6 Juillet 1781

Includes key. Military battlefield map. Covers the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York: Shows disposition of troops, cavalry and artillery. Also shows roads running through Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry and White Plains. Also shows buildings, landforms, streams and vegetative cover. On verso: "[?]aris Dessins topographiques" Pen-and-ink, watercolor on laid paper. Shows relief by shading. Stained, lightly soiled. Mounted on (probably contemporaneous) hardboard.
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Plan of the Central Park, New York : entry no. 4 in the competition. March 20, 1858

The John Rink plan of Central Park. Number 4 of thirty-three submissions for the design competition for Central Park in Manhattan. It shows reservoirs, a parade ground, roads, plantings, and a monumental museum building (precursor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art) proposed for the south and east flanks of the Yorkville Reservoir. The plan is oriented with north to right of sheet. Ink and colored washes. References: Heckscher, M.H. Creating Central Park, p. 22. Rink was probably an engineer in the employ of the parks commissioners.
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