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A mappe of Colonel Römers voyage to ye 5 Indian Nations : going from New Yorck to Albany, thence west ...
- Title
- A mappe of Colonel Römers voyage to ye 5 Indian Nations : going from New Yorck to Albany, thence west ...
- Author
- Romer, Wolfgang William, 1640-1713
- Publication
- [New York, N.Y.?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1834 and 1865]
- 171 Pearl St., N.Y. : Lith. by G. Hayward, [between 1834 and 1865]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 16-750 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map : hand colored; 44 x 59 cm on sheet 48 x 61 cm
- Alternative Title
- Map of Colonel Römers voyage to the Five Indian Nations
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US136.4.03A
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Covers most of New York state; includes land from east of the Hudson River to Cadragqua Lake (i.e. Lake Ontario).
- Includes several vignettes depicting a traditional village, and indigenous animals, such as a turkey, a beaver and bears.
- With "A Scale of 100 Miles" at lower right measuring 4 5/8 inches.
- "Copied from the original ms. in the British Museum for Mr. George H. Moore, Librarian of the New York Historical Society, and compared by me. Richard Sims."
- The title appears in an illustrated cartouche at lower right flanked by Native Americans in traditional dress.
- "A Mappe of Colonel Römers Voyage to ye 5 Indian nations going from New Yorck to Albany thence west to ye 3 Macquas Castles and from ye last Castle called Daganahoge WSW towards Onyades a Second nation, and thence to ye Onnondages the third nation, & there I was Stoped & could not proced any forther for some important reassons & obliged to go from Onnondages to ye Lake of Cananda down Cananda River till we met Onnondages River & ye Osweges Riv. from whence we were to returne towards Onnondages having no provision & thence to Ononyedes & from thence to ye carring place wood kill & Bever kill & so to Oneyades agin & thence to Albany as it is set forth with read pricked lines; Anno do. 1700."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 16-750
- OCLC
- 613398415
- Author
- Romer, Wolfgang William, 1640-1713, cartographer.
- Title
- A mappe of Colonel Römers voyage to ye 5 Indian Nations : going from New Yorck to Albany, thence west ...
- Publisher
- [New York, N.Y.?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1834 and 1865]
- Manufacturer
- 171 Pearl St., N.Y. : Lith. by G. Hayward, [between 1834 and 1865]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:1,375,000 (W 79°58ʹ--W 72°59ʹ/N 45°00ʹ--N 41°10ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 138, column 3, row 7
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 53415.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States New York (State) New York.
- Added Author
- Sims, Richard, 1816-1898.Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892.Hayward, Geo. (George), active 1834-1872 lithographer.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 16-750