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]

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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]
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Title:
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]
Creator:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Name on Item:
P. Andrews, sculp.
Date:
[1775]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
New York > New York
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 63 x 51 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : Sold by A. Dury
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:6,300]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
2nd state.
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."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_006317
Call #:
G3804.N4 1775 .M65
Barcode:
39999059022713