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A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c.

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Title
A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c.
Names
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824 (Cartographer)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

Charts and maps

Dates / Origin
Place: London
Publisher: Published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain by Joseph F. W. Des Barres
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6192 [LHS 831]
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
Coasts -- New York (State) -- Long Island (N.Y.)
Nautical charts -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Content: Title adapted from LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Citation/reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1224
Citation/reference: Phillips 3654, 3655
Content: Has blue outline color for coastline and pencilled grid superimposed on western part of Long Island Sound.
Content: 2nd state according to LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789.
Content: Covers the coast of Long Island from Eaton's Neck to Yellow [i.e. Red] Hook, western Long Island Sound, parts of New York Harbor and Manhattan Island, and the Paulus Hook area of New Jersey.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 830.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 76 x 117 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5673820
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14912001
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 89202d60-c5d5-012f-af15-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1729: Creator Born
  • 1770: Place (Approximate)
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1770 - 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-0dd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-0dd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1770 - 1779). A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-0dd4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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A chart of New York Island & North River, East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster Bay, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochelle, Rye, Patrick Islands, &c.