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Map and guide of the elevated railroads of New York City. . Latimer, H. I. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, c1881. NOTES Scale ca. 1:29,000. At top of map: "Manhattan Railway. Official map and guide to all the elevated railways in New York City." Outline map of Manhattan showing stations. Includes train schedule and list of points of interest.

New York City and environs. . Lindenkohl, A. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1860. NOTES Compiled from maps of the U.S. Coast Survey and from special supplementary surveys.

Bay Side Park, 3d ward, borough of Queens, New York City. . North Shore Realty Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York [1915?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Includes illus.

Map of New York City, Brooklyn, and vicinity showing surface & elevated railroads in operation and proposed. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1885. NOTES Scale ca. 1:30,000. Shows relief by hachures, drainage, parks, some buildings, names of property owners, streets, roads, and the railroads distinguished by line symbols.

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of New York city and vicinity showing steam railroads and electric lines. . Rand McNally and Company. CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, 1908.

Map of Long Island showing the Long Island Railroad and its leased lines. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1882. NOTES Scale ca. 1:400,000. Shows all of New York City and Long Island. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. Chartered on April 24, 1834.

Map of New York City, Brooklyn, and vicinity, shewing [sic] suburban lines of Long Island Railroad and its connections.. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1885. NOTES Scale 1:58,000. Map of the five borough area of New York showing drainage, settlements, streets, roads, and railroads. "Manhattan (El.) R'y," "Long Island R.R.," "proposed Cable El. R'y," and connections are color coded.

Map showing the route & connections of the Central Rail Road Extension Company of Long Island. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1873. NOTES Scale not given. Shows New York City and eastern Long Island. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads.

Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier. . Vinckeboons, Joan. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1639. NOTES Covers New York City region. Pictorial map showing buildings and points of interest. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index of buildings with householders' names.

Bird's eye view of New-York & Brooklyn drawn from nature & on stone by J. Bachman[n]. . CREATED/PUBLISHED New York : Published by A. Guerber & Co., c1851 (Printed by J. Bachman[n]) SUMMARY Bird's-eye view of New York City and Brooklyn showing Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground; prominent features numbered with key below image.

A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M[D]CC,LV by F. Maerschalck, city survey[o]r. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [New York?] Printed, ingraved for, and sold by G. Duyckinck [1755?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:3,300; foot 660 to one 8 of a mile. "To the Honourable James De Lancey ... this plan of the City of New York is humbly dedict. by your honours most obet. & humble servant G. Duyckinck." Shows ward boundaries. Indexed for points of interest.

Brooklyn. . J.B. Beers & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1874. NOTES Scale ca. 1:20,000. Street map of Brooklyn published for Advertising Bureau, Brooklyn City Rail Road Company. Overprinted in brown to show "Twelve Routes, 42 miles of Streets and Avenues Traversed by Cars, all Starting from Fulton Ferry." Contains a list of routes in lower left of map.

Map of New York exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads &c. By David H. Burr; (Late topographer to the Post Office.) Geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S. . Burr, David H., 1803-1875. CREATED/PUBLISHED [London, 1839] NOTES Scale ca. 1:650,000. Inset: City and county of New-York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Jersey City.

Map of the canals and railroads for transporting anthracite coal from the several coal fields to the city of New York; drawn under the direction of J. Dutton Steele, C.E. by W. Lorenz, Asst. Eng. 1856. . Lorenz, William, 1826-1884. CREATED/PUBLISHED Baltimore, 1856. NOTES Scale [ca. 1:325,000]. Detailed map of eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York and New Jersey showing drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns, and coal fields.

The city of New York. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [S.l.], 1883.

The city of New York. . Currier & Ives. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, c1884. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest.

The city of New York. . Currier & Ives. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, 1870. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest.

The city of New York. . Parsons & Atwater. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, c1889. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest.

The city of Brooklyn. Sketched & drawn on stone by C. R. Parsons. . Parsons, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1844-1918 or 1920. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, c1879. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest.

New York and Brooklyn, with Jersey City and Hoboken water front. . Parsons & Atwater. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Currier & Ives, c1877. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest.

A Plan of the city of New York. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1776?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:6,300. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by shading and hachures.

A plan of Fort George at the city of New-York. Survey'd and drawn by C. J. Sauthier. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [1773?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:330. Oriented with north to the bottom. Includes index to buildings.

Plan of the city of New York. I. M. Comb, Junr., delt. C. Tiebout, sculpt. . McComb, John, 1763-1853. CREATED/PUBLISHED [New York?] 1789. NOTES Scale ca. 1:13,000. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings.

The Country twenty five miles round New York, drawn by a gentleman from that city. J. Barber, sculp. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [London, W. Hawkes, 1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:220,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Published according to act of Parliament, 1st November, 1776, by W. Hawkes ... " Shows radial distances. Includes "Chronological table of the most interesting occurrences since the commencement of hostilities in North America."

The city of greater New York [...] Charles Hart. . Hart, Charles B., lithographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED N.Y. : Published by Joseph Koehler, c1905. SUMMARY Bird's-eye view of greater New York with Battery Park on the right and showing the boroughs of Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Richmond, with the Hudson River in the foreground; prominent features and locations are listed below image.

To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart., captain general and governour in chief, in & over the Province of New York & the territories depending thereon in America, chancellor & vice admiral of the same. This plan of the city of New York, is most humbly inscribed, by ... Bernd. Ratzen. T. Kitchin, sculpt. . Ratzer, Bernard. CREATED/PUBLISHED London, Jefferys & Faden, 1776. NOTES Scale ca. 1:5,000. "Survey'd in 1767." Shows ward boundaries. Includes numbered index to buildings.

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the north or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the east or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1766. P. Andrews, sculp. . Montr�sor, John, 1736-1799. CREATED/PUBLISHED [London, 1766] NOTES Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset of "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000.

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1766. P. Andrews, sculp. . Montr�sor, John, 1736-1799. CREATED/PUBLISHED [London, 1766] NOTES Scale ca. 1:6,300. Dedicated "To the Honble. Thos. Gage ... " Relief shown by hachures. Includes text, index to points of interest, and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000.

A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey, with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, shewing also the landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the taking of the city of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the subsequent disposition of both the armies. Engraved & publish'd by Wm. Faden. . Faden, William, 1750?-1836. CREATED/PUBLISHED London, 1776. NOTES Scale ca. 1:85,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows information to Sept. 23, 1776. Pictorial map. Annotated in lower right corner in pencil: 3rd impression. Includes "References to the battle on Long Island."

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766] P. Andrews, sculp. . Montr�sor, John, 1736-1799. CREATED/PUBLISHED [London]; Sold by A. Dury [1775] NOTES Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water" ca. 1:128,000.

A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America. . A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America. CREATED/PUBLISHED [London : s.n., 1776] NOTES General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows "Road to Kings Bridge where the Rebels mean to make a stand" and "Road to Kepps Bay where the Kings troops landed". Also covers rural part of Manhattan Island up to present-day 14th Street and small parts of Long Island.

Map of Long Island showing the Long Island Railroad. . Long Island Railroad Company. CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p.], c1884. NOTES Scale ca. 1:400,000. In upper right of map: Mileage of the Long Island R.R. LC has "Large version" c1886 which measures 39 x 107 cm. Map showing drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, roads, and railroads.

The Merchants' Association hotel and theater map. . Merchants Association of New York. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1906.

Map showing the Bowery Lane area of Manhattan. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 176-?] NOTES Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially.

Unfinished draught for a topographical map of the northern part of New York Island. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1778?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:7,500. Relief shown by shading. Shows Fort Lee, Fort Washington, Fort Independence, the 8 redoubts built by the British to command Kingsbridge, troop symbols, and the entrenchments on Harlem Heights.

A tracing relating to Fort Washington or Knyphausen. . Sauthier, Claude Joseph. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:9,300. Alternate title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection: The northern part of the island of New York. Relief shown by hachures.

New York Island and East Jersey. Unfinished. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 177-?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:17,000. Relief shown by shading. Shows detailed topography of Manhattan Island north of Hell Gate, east of the Harlem River to the Bronx River, and in New Jersey west to the Hackensack River. Without names or military information.

New York Island. Military. Unfinished. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1778?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:12,000. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications below Fort Washington and redoubts on east side of Harlem River.

A map of part of New-York Island showing a plan of Fort Washington, now call'd Ft. Kniphausen with the rebels lines on the south part, from which they were driven on the 16th of November 1776 by the troupes under the orders of the Earl of Percy. Survey'd the same day by order of His Lordship by C. J. Sauthier. . Sauthier, Claude Joseph. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:9,300. Relief shown by hachures.

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [1781?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military points of interest, forts, redoubts, etc.

New York Island. Military; unfinished. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1776?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:9,500. Shows fortifications and redoubts north of the vicinity of Hell Gate before the battle of Harlem Heights and Fort Lee and Fort Independence. No names.

A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting the plan of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, with the rebels lines to the southward, which were forced by the troops under the command of the Rt. Honble. Earl Percy, on the 16th Novr. 1776, and survey'd immediately after by order of His Lordship. To which is added the attack made to the northd. by the Hessians. Survey'd by order of Lieutt. Genl. Knyphausen. Published by permission of the Rt. Honbl. the Commissioners of Trade & Plantations. . Sauthier, Claude Joseph. CREATED/PUBLISHED London, W. Faden, 1777. NOTES Scale ca. 1:20,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive index.

Noort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt. . Vinckeboons, Joan. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1639?] NOTES Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Hudson River from Manhattan Island to Albany, natural features, and other geographical entities in the region.

Proposed site for World's Fair in 1883 : between 110th and 125th Streets, Morning Side and River Side Parks, N.Y. Area 300 acres. . Stranders, Walter. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York : Demorest's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, c1879.

Novi Belgii Nov�que Angli� : nec non partis Virgini� tabula multis in locis emendata / per Nicolaum Visscher nunc apud Petr. Schenk Iun. . Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. CREATED/PUBLISHED [Amsterdam?, 1685] NOTES Includes view "Nieuw Amsterdam op t eylant Manhattans."

Attaque de l'arm�e des provinciaux dans Long Island du 27. aoust 1776; dessin de l'isle de New-York et des Etats. Par un officier de l'Arm�e. Par acte du Parlement du 24 8bre. 1776. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Paris, Chez Le Rouge [1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:100,000. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed.

Caert vande Svydt Rivier in Niew Nederland. . Vinckeboons, Joan. CREATED/PUBLISHED [1639?] NOTES Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the region of the Delaware Bay and river, natural features, and other geographical entities.

Bird's-eye view of the borough of Brooklyn : showing parks, cemeteries, principal buildings, and suburbs / specially prepared for the Brooklyn daily eagle consolidation number ; [drawn by] Geo. Welch '97. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : The Brooklyn daily eagle, c1897. NOTES Low-angle aerial view. Oriented with north toward the lower left.

Bird's-eye-view of the borough of Brooklyn showing parks, cemeteries, principal buildings, suburbs. [Signed:] Geo. Welch. . Welch, Geo. CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p.] 1897. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale.

Old map of Brooklyn and greater part of King's County, Long Island. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 177-?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:82,000. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Includes distance chart.

Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independency, showing the position of the British Army. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1776?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:160,000. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey and Bronx, New York.

Sketch of the country illustrating the late engagement in Long Island. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [London, 1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:310,000. Depths shown by soundings.

Plan of the attack the rebels on Long Island, by an officer of the Army. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [1776] NOTES Scale ca. 1:125,000. Annotated showing additional names in a different hand.

The seat of action, between the British and American forces; or, An authentic plan of the western part of Long Island, with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 between the King's forces and the Americans: containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland, the great magazine of the American Army, to Sandy Hook, from the surveys of Major Holland. . Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801. CREATED/PUBLISHED London, Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, 1776. NOTES Scale ca. 1:215,000.

Plan of New York and Staten Islands with part of Long Island. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 178-?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:108,000. Relief shown by shading.

Reconnoissance, juillet, 1781. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [1781] NOTES Scale ca. 1:75,000. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows command of "Frogs Pointe" by a battery and two other points on Long Island.

Part of Long Island; and the coast eastward to the shoals of Nantucket. . [Knight, John] CREATED/PUBLISHED [1778?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:600,000. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Soundings shown in fathoms.

Aero-view of Lindenhurst, Long Island, 1926, New York. Drawn by R. Cinquin. . Cinquin, Rene. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Metropolitan Aero-View Co., c1926. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus., directory, and text.

1925 aero-view of Hicksville, Long Island, Nassau County, New York. . Cinquin, Rene. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Metropolitan Aero-View Co., c1925. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view.

Aero-view of Amityville, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. 1925. . Cinquin, Rene. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Metropolitan Aero-View Co., c1925. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus., text, directory, and location diagram.

Aero-view of Farmingdale, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. 1925. . Cinquin, Rene. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, Metropolitan Aero-View Co., c1925. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and text.

Environs de New-York, de Long-Island, etc. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [1781] NOTES Scale ca. 1:95,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings.

Aero-view of Valley Stream, Long Island 1924. . Cinquin, Rene. CREATED/PUBLISHED Brooklyn, N.Y., Hughes & Cinquin, c1924. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes illus., index to points of interest, view of "North east section," location diagram, text, and directory.

Frog's Point avec batteries de Partie de Longue Island. . CREATED/PUBLISHED 1781?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:7,700. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by shading. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Shows command of "Frog's Point" by batteries and two other points on Long Island.

rdseye view from South Broadway ... showing Harlem, Jacksons Broadway Heights & city of Denver. [Signed:] A. E. Mitchell. Denver Engraving Co. A. F. Haraszthy, W. J. Voit with Colorado Land Headquarters. . Mitchell, Andrew E. CREATED/PUBLISHED Denver, c1907. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Includes inset.