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Map of Long Island

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5860974


Item data

Title

Map of Long Island

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
Parts
Long Island

Names

J.B. Beers & Co. (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1885 (Inferred)
Place: No 36 Vesey St. N.Y.
Publisher: J.B. Beers & Co.

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5969

Subjects

Railroads -- New York (State) -- Long Island (N.Y.)
Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
Roads -- New York (State) -- Long Island (N.Y.)
Roads -- New York (State) -- New York
Long Island (N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Shows counties, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and radial distances from New York City Hall.
Content: Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Content: On cover: Revised and up to date.
Content: Also covers New York City, Long Island Sound, and portions of eastern New Jersey.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 34 x 137 cm, on sheet 38 x 143 cm, folded in cover to 18 x 10 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 943054460
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645796
Other local Identifier: US161.3.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7c874e30-cd1d-0133-a4bc-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1885

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Long Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c874e30-cd1d-0133-a4bc-00505686a51c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1885). Map of Long Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c874e30-cd1d-0133-a4bc-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Long Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c874e30-cd1d-0133-a4bc-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7c874e30-cd1d-0133-a4bc-00505686a51c | title= (cartographic) Map of Long Island (1885) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 18, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>