Research Catalog

Title

The Nicolls map, 1664-1668 / presented to the New York Historical Society by George H. Moore, October 7th, 1862.

Author

Sims, Richard, 1816-1898

Publication

• New York : D.T. Valentine, 1863.
• 111 Pearl St., N.Y. : Lith. by G. Hayward for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1863.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nicolls, Richard, 1624-1672.
• Valentine, D. T. (David Thomas), 1801-1869.
• Hayward, Geo. (George), active 1834-1872
• Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892.

Description

1 map; 46 x 136 cm

Subjects

• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Manuscript maps

Genre/Form

Manuscript maps.

Note

• Oriented with north to left.
• Probably drawn by Richard Sims, copying the Nicholls map; and published by D.T. Valentine ; "Copied from the original ms. for Mr. George H. Moore, librarian of the New York Historical Society, and compared by one, Richard Sims, March 1862."- under inset title.
• Includes note on distances.
• Scale statement on map reads "A scale of chaines each containing four pearches."
• Includes inset: The towne of New-York [Scale approximately 1:2,376]. Inset includes index to places of interest.

Call Number

Map Div. 19-4471

OCLC

23876828

Author

Sims, Richard, 1816-1898, cartographer.

Title

The Nicolls map, 1664-1668 / presented to the New York Historical Society by George H. Moore, October 7th, 1862.

Publisher

New York : D.T. Valentine, 1863.

Manufacturer

111 Pearl St., N.Y. : Lith. by G. Hayward for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1863.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:19,000 (W 74°01ʹ28ʺ--W 73°52ʹ16ʺ/N 40°52ʹ42ʺ--N 40°41ʹ55ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Added Author

Nicolls, Richard, 1624-1672.

Valentine, D. T. (David Thomas), 1801-1869.

Hayward, Geo. (George), active 1834-1872

Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 19-4471 [Filed with Nicoll s Plans 1664-1668 NYC]