Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 1 map : color; 37 x 156 cm, on sheet 38 x 158 cm

Alternative title

1. Road map of Long Island
2. Long Island
3. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US161.3.01

Subject

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

Genre/Form

1. Road maps.
2. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5967

Note

1. Shows roads, railroads, cities and towns, and radial distances from New York City Hall.
2. Also covers Manhattan and portions of Staten Island, New Jersey, and the Bronx.
3. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1889, by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian at Congress at Washington."

Indexed in (note)

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

Author

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

Title

1. Colton's road map of Long Island / G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., New York.

Publisher

1. New York : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1892

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:126,000 (W 74°00ʹ--W 71°50ʹ/N 41°10ʹ--N 40°30ʹ).

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 2, row 1

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 76020.

Source

1. US161.3.01

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

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

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5967