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Image ID: 484915
A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town.
([1749 or 1767])
Image Details
Image Title
:
A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town.
Additional Name(s)
:
Grierson, George, d. 1753 -- Publisher
Published Date
:
[1749 or 1767]
Specific Material Type
: Maps
Item Physical Description
: 1 map : col. ; 45 x 57 cm.
Item/Page/Plate
: Phillips, 1162
Notes
:
Shows rivers, shallow coastal banks, ferry landing sites, settlements, and islands.
Note 2.)
Depths shown by soundings.
Note 3.)
From: The English pilot, The fourth book. Dublin : George Grierson, 1749 ; or Boulter Grierson, 1767.
Note 4.)
Oriented with north to the right.
Note 5.)
Rhumb lines radiate from compass rose to points along the coast.
Source
:
Maps of New York City and State / New York City / New York harbor
Location
:
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Catalog Call Number
:
Map Div. 89-5007 [Filed with New York Harbor, 1749]
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