Iconography of Manhattan Island: Illustrations from the Publication

Item Information

A map of fresh water pond in the City of New York (etc.)

Dublin Core

Title

A map of fresh water pond in the City of New York (etc.)
A manuscript survey by Charles Loss, City Surveyor, made on the ice
Origin of steam navigation. "Honor to whom honor is due." A view of Collect Pond and its vicinity, in the City of New York in 1793 .... (etc.)

Subject

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

Description

Two images on the page.

Bottom image: The artist may have been John Penniman, ca. 1817-1850; the lithographer may have been Francis Michelin, 1809 or 10-1878. Regarding John Fitch's work with steam boats.

Creator

Loss, Charles
Penniman, J.
Michelin, F.

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.

Date

1801 (top image), 1846 (bottom image)

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

New York
Manhattan

Provenance

City of New York, Office of the Bureau of Design and Survey
I. N. Phelps Stokes

Citation

Plate 58-a [no page number; following chapter 4]
Plate 58-b [no page number; following chapter 4]

Temporal Coverage

1793 1801

MODS

Key Date

1801 1846

Type of Date

ex

Repository Name

none

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Maps
Lithographs

Citation

Loss, Charles, Penniman, J., and Michelin, F., “A map of fresh water pond in the City of New York (etc.),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 21, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/stokes/item/1274.

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