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Map of the Central Park

Title: Map of the Central Park / printed for the Department of Public Parks.
Author: Sibeth, Otto
Publication: [New York, N.Y.] : New York (N.Y.) Deptartment of Public Parks, [1873?]

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Description

1 map : color; 49 x 182 cm

Subjects

Note

Shows relief by spot heights.
Oriented with north at right.
Shows roads, trails, landscape, bridges, buildings and reservoirs.
Includes text describing vegetation at bottom.
See NYPL's copy of "Central Park, the plant list of 1873, prepared by Robert Demcker landscape architect" for 42 p. detailed map index of park vegetation.
"John Bogart, engineer, Otto Sibeth, topo. draughtsman."
"F.L. Olmsted, Calvert Vaux, landscape architects."

Call Number

Map Div. 15-520 [Oversize - Filed with Manhattan Oversize]

OCLC

58758887

Author

Sibeth, Otto cartographer.

Title

Map of the Central Park / printed for the Department of Public Parks.

Publisher

[New York, N.Y.] : New York (N.Y.) Deptartment of Public Parks, [1873?]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:2,400 (W 73°59ʹ00ʺ--W 73°56ʹ50ʺ/N 40°48ʹ10ʺ--N 40°45ʹ50ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

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Added Author

Bogart, John, engineer.

Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.

New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Parks, issuing body.

Frederick Law Olmsted (Firm)

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-520 [Oversize - Filed with Manhattan Oversize]