Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Colvin, Verplanck, 1847-1920
2. American Bank Note Company, engraver
3. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection

Description

1. 1 view : color; 77 x 34 cm, on sheet 84 x 41 cm

Alternative title

1. Springs, lakes, & mountains of New York : where they are and how to reach them
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US151.2

Subject

1. Resorts -- New York (State) -- Maps
2. Railroads -- New York (State) -- Maps
3. Railroads
4. Resorts
5. Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Aerial views
6. Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Maps
7. Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Aerial views
8. Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Maps
9. New York (State) -- Maps
10. New York (State)
11. New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region
12. New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region

Genre/Form

1. Tourist maps.
2. Aerial views.
3. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 15-6023

Note

1. Shows also railroads.
2. Relief shown pictorially and by stop heights
3. Covers eastern portion of New York from Montreal to New York City.
4. Includes advertisement "Compliments of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.'s R.R. ..."
5. "For much valuable information contained on the adirondack portion of this map, thanks are due to Verplanck Colvin, Esq., Superintendent of New York state Adirondack survey."
6. Descriptive text and illustrations on verso.

Indexed in (note)

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

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy filed flat; covered in clear tissue paper; and has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 64077.

Author

1. Van Loan, Walton, creator, publisher.

Title

1. Bird's-eye view of the mountain resorts of New York State and how to reach them / Eng'd. by American Bank Note Co., New York.

Publisher

1. Catskill, N.Y. : Walton Van Loan, [1884]

Copyright date

1. ©1884

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:633,600. 10 miles to 1 inch (W 75°58ʹ--W 73°04ʹ/N 45°41ʹ--N 40°28ʹ).

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. 1, page 20, column 3, row 4

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) Catskill.

Added author

1. Colvin, Verplanck, 1847-1920.
2. American Bank Note Company, engraver.
3. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 15-6023