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Title
Oyster Bay and Huntington, Huntington Bay.
Names
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824 (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

Parts

Long Island

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1778-11-19
Place: [London]
Publisher: [J.F.W. Des Barres]
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1926 [Filed with Long Island]
Topics
Nautical charts -- East River (N.Y.)
Nautical charts -- Hell Gate (N.Y.)
Nautical charts -- New York (State) -- Huntington Bay (Bay)
Nautical charts -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay (Bay)
Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Published according to Act of Parliament, Novr. 19th 1778, by J.[F.W. Des Barres?]
Content: Includes text and inset "Hell Gate" ca. 1:25,250.
Content: NYPL copy imperfect: top and bottom margins mutilated, with part of imprint lacking.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 73 x 51 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5478744
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15026466
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5aeaa000-c5aa-012f-ccdb-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1729: Creator Born
  • 1778: Issued
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Oyster Bay and Huntington, Huntington Bay." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1778-11-19. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Oyster Bay and Huntington, Huntington Bay." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1778-11-19). Oyster Bay and Huntington, Huntington Bay. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Oyster Bay and Huntington, Huntington Bay.