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Title: Topographical Map Of The City and County Of New - York, and the adjacent Country: With Views in the border of the principal Buildings and interesting Scenery of the Island. Published By J.H. Colton & Co. No. 4 Spruce St. New-York. 1836. Engraved & Printed by S. Stiles & Company, New-York. Entered ... 1836, by J.H. Colton & Co. ... New York. (Raster Image)

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2015
  • Coverage: 1836

Publishers

  • Cartography Associates

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced image of a map of New York City (approx. 1836). The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

Subjects

  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (State)
  • Historical geography
  • Imagery and Base Maps
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-74.0999198, -73.8109108, 40.9042029, 40.6470759)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-74.0999198, -73.8109108, 40.9042029, 40.6470759)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Rumsey, David, 1944-, Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893. Topographical Map Of The City and County Of New - York, and the adjacent Country: With Views in the border of the principal Buildings and interesting Scenery of the Island. Published By J.H. Colton & Co. No. 4 Spruce St. New-York. 1836. Engraved & Printed by S. Stiles & Company, New-York. Entered ... 1836, by J.H. Colton & Co. ... New York. (Raster Image). Cartography Associates. Raster data. http://purl.stanford.edu/sk292ys2245

Format

GeoTIFF

Languages

  • English