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Phelps' new map of the city of Brooklyn as consolidated January 1855.
- Title
- Phelps' new map of the city of Brooklyn [cartographic material] : as consolidated January 1855.
- Author
- Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century
- Publication
- No. 18 Beekman St., New York : H. Phelps, 1859
- New York, N.Y. : W.S. Barnard, [1859]
- ©1858
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. 18-778 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Barnard, William S., approximately 1809-
- Description
- 1 map : hand colored; 47 x 61 cm, on sheet 58 x 78 cm
- Subject
- Administrative and political divisions
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
- New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
- New York (State) > New York > Manhattan
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Oriented with north to the lower left.
- Covers the city of Brooklyn north from 60th St. to Green Point and east to the Cemetery of the Evergreens. Minimally details portions of New Utrecht, Flatbush, and New Lots. Also covers Governor's Island and portions of southern Queens and Lower Manhattan. Shows wards, ferry lines, railroads, fire districts, and distances from City Hall (modernly known as Borough Hall).
- Includes key, decorative border, and inset map of the Hudson River.
- Also includes vignettes : Brooklyn in 1812 -- Marine Hospital -- City Hall -- Fulton 1807, 1858.
- "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by H. Phelps in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern district of New York."
- Call Number
- Map Div. 18-778
- OCLC
- 658081860
- Author
- Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Phelps' new map of the city of Brooklyn [cartographic material] : as consolidated January 1855.
- Publisher
- No. 18 Beekman St., New York : H. Phelps, 1859
- Manufacturer
- New York, N.Y. : W.S. Barnard, [1859]
- Copyright Date
- ©1858
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:22,308 (W 74°01ʹ33ʺ--W 73°53ʹ44ʺ/N 40°44ʹ28ʺ--N 40°38ʹ22ʺ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Place of Publication
- United States New York (State) New York City.
- Added Author
- Barnard, William S., approximately 1809- engraver.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 18-778 [Filed as Brooklyn 1859]