Topographical atlas of the City of New York : including the annexed territory : Showing original water courses and made land / prepared under the direction of Egbert L. Viele, Civil and Topographical Engineer ; Eugene Quackenbush, C.E.

Engineer
Viele, Egbert L. (Egbert Ludovicus), 1825-1902 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[New York] : Julius Bien, photo lith., 1874.
Description
  • Scale approximately 1:12,000. 1000 feet to 1 inch (W 74°01ʹ20ʺ--W 73°54ʹ20ʺ/N 40°52ʹ20ʺ--N 40°42ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map on 5 sheets : color ; 65 x 236 cm, sheets 72 x 57 cm

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5530 D Alcove 6, Drawer 10 Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5529 D Alcove 6, Drawer 10 Browse related items Reading Room Request
      Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5528 D Alcove 6, Drawer 10 Browse related items Reading Room Request
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            Subject(s)
            Lithographer
            Engineer
            Cartographer
            Library of Congress genre(s)
            Getty AAT genre
            Notes
            • Ground characteristics map. Covers Manhattan and the Bronx, Roosevelt Island, Ward's Island and Randall's Island in New York city. Shows streams, ponds and wetlands, reservoirs and landfill. Also shows location of piers, streets and railroad lines. Also shows buildings.
            • Shows relief throughout by hachures and gradient tints. Also shows relief on ancillary map profiles.
            • Supplementary statements of responsibility at lower left and right of map.
            • Publisher inferred by cataloger from statement of responsibility.
            • Printer's ink on paper.
            • Includes color key.
            • Sheets numbered at upper right.
            • Includes three ancillary maps: "Section across Central Park, Section from 50th Street to Brooklyn Heights, Section from Hoboken to Brooklyn."
            References
            • Stokes, I.N. Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island. NY: Dodd, 1928, v. 3, p. 777-778 and pl. 155
            • Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, c1997, p. 137ff.
            OCLC
            55214150
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