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 [map] / surveyed in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]. Sold by A. Drury, Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane.

Author
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[New York, N.Y. : Common Council, 1855]
Description
  • (W 74°01ʹ12ʺ--W 73°58ʹ29ʺ/N 40°43ʹ45ʺ--N 40°41ʹ58ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col., mounted on cloth ; 62 x 48 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5726 D Alcove 6, Drawer 6 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • Shows fortifications, buildings and fields.
    • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
    • Oriented with north to upper right corner.
    • "Engraved from the original map by John Montresor, for D.T. Valentine's Manual for 1855 by G. Hayward, 120 Water St., N.Y."
    • Dedication: To the Honble. Thos. Gage, Esqr., Major General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, and Colonel of the 22d regiment of foot, this plan is most humbly inscribd by his obedient servant, John Montresor, engineer.
    • Includes references and note.
    • 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 (scale [ca. 1:126,720]).
    Original version
    Originally published: [London] : A, Drury, 1775.
    Provenance
    Historic Maps copy is from the estate of N.B. Fox, Princeton class of 1899.
    Other title(s)
    Plan of the city of New York and its environs
    Inset title
    • Chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook
    OCLC
    23876806
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