Research Catalog

Title

Map of the country thirty-three miles around the City of New York / drawn by G.W. Colton ; engraved by J.M. Atwood, N.Y.

Author

Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901

Publication

• 172 William St., N.Y. : J.H. Colton, 1855.
• ©1846

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Details

Additional Authors

• Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
• Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-

Description

1 map : hand colored; 52 cm in diameter, on sheet 64 x 62 cm

Subjects

• New York Metropolitan Area > Maps
• New Jersey > Maps
• Maps
• New York (State) > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
• Shows township and county boundaries, post offices, settlements, roads, existing and projected railroads, canals, mills & manufactories, and lines of magnetic telegraphs.
• Includes illustrations: City Hall, New York -- City Hall, Brooklyn.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 ... the Southern District of New York."

Call Number

Map Div. 19-4473

OCLC

556799310

Author

Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901, cartographer.

Title

Map of the country thirty-three miles around the City of New York / drawn by G.W. Colton ; engraved by J.M. Atwood, N.Y.

Publisher

172 William St., N.Y. : J.H. Colton, 1855.

Copyright Date

©1846

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:205,920. 3 1/4 miles to the inch (W 74°37ʹ--W 73°20ʹ/N 41°09ʹ--N 40°14ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Local Note

NYPL copy includes manuscript notations in lead.

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Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York City.

Added Author

Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, publisher.

Atwood, John M., approximately 1818- engraver.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 19-4473 [Filed as NYC & Vic. by date]