Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

British headquarters MS. map of New York and environs

Dublin Core

Title

British headquarters MS. map of New York and environs

Subject

Cartography --United States --History
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --History --18th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --Maps.

Description

The original was in such a bad state of repair that this reproduction was made from a facsimile lithograph, published in 1900 by Mr. B.F. Stevens of London. The fascimile was in 24 sheets.

Source

Stokes, I. N. Phelps. The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York : Robert H. Dodd, 1915-1928. Electronic reproduction. v. 1. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 2008.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5800727_001/pages/ldpd_5800727_001_00000523.html?toggle=image&menu=maximize&top=&left=

Date

1782?

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

The War Office, London

Citation

Plate 50 [no page number; following chapter 3]

Temporal Coverage

1782

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Drawing

Citation

“British headquarters MS. map of New York and environs,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 20, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/1263.

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