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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 53 x 128 cm, on sheet 63 x 140 cm

Alternative title

1. Colton's map of Long Island
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US161.1.01

Subject

1. Railroads
2. Roads
3. Railroads > New York (State) > Long Island > Maps
4. Maps
5. New York (State) > Long Island
6. Long Island (N.Y.) > Maps
7. Roads > New York (State) > Long Island > Maps
8. Long Island (N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
9. Administrative and political divisions

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5963

Note

1. Shows political boundaries, churches, houses, railroads, and mills and manufactories.
2. Relief shown by hachures.
3. Also covers Long Island Sound, and New York City & vicinity.
4. Designed to be folded to 16 x 10 cm in a book cover.
5. Map within decorative border.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Source (note)

1. Mr. Waite ;

Author

1. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., creator, publisher.

Title

1. Map of Long Island and the southern part of Connecticut.

Publisher

1. 182 William Street, New York : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1883.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:158,400. 2.5 miles to an inch (W 74°07ʹ--W 71°51ʹ/N 41°36ʹ--N 40°20ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 873, column 1, row 4

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy filed flat with cover; has manuscript notation: Mar. 9, 1917, gift of Mr. Waite; and divided into 2 sheets, 62 x 70 cm or smaller.

Source

1. Gift; Mr. Waite ; March 9, 1917.
2. US161.1.01

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Cover title

1. Colton's map of Long Island

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5963