Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains: (covering an area of 1,200 square miles, looking northerly

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Title
Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains: (covering an area of 1,200 square miles, looking northerly
Names
Van Loan, Walton (Creator)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1885 (Inferred)
Place: Catskill, N.Y.?
Publisher: Aldine Pub. Co,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5893
Topics
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Aerial views
Notes
Statement of responsibility: drawn from nature by Walton Van Loan).
Content: Relief shown by hachures, pictorially, and spot heights.
Statement of responsibility: "Copyright 1879 by Walton Van Loan."
Statement of responsibility: "Aldine Pub. Co."
Content: On verso: titlte panel "Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains" ; list of "High peaks of the Catskills" ; ancillary "Map showing summer resorts among the Catskills" and advertisements.
Content: "This bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains, with maps, choice illustrations and a list of the best summer hotels and boarding-houses on or near the Catskills is contained in 'Van Loan's Catskill Mountain guide.'"
Content: "Mailed, postage paid, on reciept of 40 cents."
Statement of responsibility: "Walton Van Loan, Catskill, N.Y."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 view : color ; 24 x 47 cm, on sheet 30 x 48 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 935225302
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645720
Other local Identifier: US154.2.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 80258100-a817-0133-4b0c-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bf370b0-fb4e-0133-5cb8-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bf370b0-fb4e-0133-5cb8-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1885). Bird's-eye view of the Catskill Mountains Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bf370b0-fb4e-0133-5cb8-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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