A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town.
Summary
Scale ca. 1:6,300.
Dedicated "To the Honble. Thos. Gage ... "
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000.
Stokes, Issac Newton Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1104
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Vault
AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1
The City History Collection. Predominantly Manhattan Views.
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1766
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Date
01/01/1766
Contributors
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799.
Andrews, Peter, active 1765-1782.
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Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain