Map of the State of New-York and the surrounding country / by David H. Burr ; engd. by Rawdon, Clark & Co., Albany, & Rawdon, Wright & Co., New York.

Cartographer
Burr, David H., 1803-1875 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:1,300,000] (W 81°12ʹ00ʺ--W 70°42ʹ00ʺ/N 45°35ʹ00ʺ--N 39°50ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand colored ; 48 x 61 cm, folded to 55 x 41 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Former owner
Engraver
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Covers also Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont and parts of Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, Jany. 5th, 1829 by David H. Burr of the state of N. York."
  • "Compiled from his large map of the state."
  • Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • Insets: Profile of the Grand Erie Canal -- Profile of the Champlain Canal -- Profile of the Seneca Canal.
  • Princeton copy 1: Mounted on cardboard.
Source acquisition
Princeton copy 1: From the estate of Noel Bleecker Fox, Class of 1899.
References
Phillips. Maps of America, p. 510
Other title(s)
  • Profile of the Grand Erie Canal.
  • Profile of the Champlain Canal.
  • Profile of the Seneca Canal.
OCLC
48878224
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