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Title: 1609, the Island of Manhattan (Mannahtin) at the time of its discovery : showing its elevations, water-courses, marshes, and shore line

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1909

Publishers

  • New York : Townsend MacCoun, c1909.

Summary

Relief shown by shading. Also shows the alignment of future major streets. "This map is based upon the early colonial surveys of Ratzer, Montresor, Knypthausen, Bradford, Duyckinck, etc. and the Survey of 1867 by Genl. E.L. Viele." Identified Indian nomenclature shown in red ink. This is one map from the set titled: Early New York.

Subjects

  • New York
  • New York (N.Y.)—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775—Maps
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775—Maps
  • New York (N.Y.)—Maps, Physical
  • Historical maps—New York (State)—New York
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-74.021004, -73.866852, 40.883586, 40.700209)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-74.021004, -73.866852, 40.883586, 40.700209)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

MacCoun, Townsend, 1845-1932. 1609, the Island of Manhattan (Mannahtin) at the time of its discovery : showing its elevations, water-courses, marshes, and shore line. New York : Townsend MacCoun, c1909.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-g732dc41t

Languages

  • eng