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Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island: surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767

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Title
Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island: surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767
Names
Ratzer, Bernard (Creator)
Hayward, George, approximately 1800- (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Brooklyn

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1850 - 1859 (Approximate)
Place: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: Lith. of G. Hayward & Co.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 18-758 [Filed as Brooklyn 1767]
Topics
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Ratzer, Bernard. Plan of the City of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767
Genres
Maps
Notes
Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , vol. 2, page 140, column 3, row 4
Statement of responsibility: by B. Ratzer, Lieut. in His Majesty's 60th or Royal American Regiment.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Content: Includes index.
Content: Facsimile of portion of Ratzer's Plan of the city of New York in America; state unknown.
Content: Covers Brooklyn north from Gowanus Bay to Williamsburg and east to the Road to Newtown; also covers "Governour's or Nutten Island" and a portion of Lower Manhattan.
Content: Scale approximately 1:19,878 (W 74°01ʹ29ʺ--W 73°57ʹ13ʺ/N 40°42ʹ57ʺ--N 40°39ʹ45ʺ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 28 x 33 cm, sheet 39 x 51 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 725104558
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21582236
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a7b93d50-3767-013b-564e-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1850: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/871fda48-ba46-c1d9-e040-e00a18064c0a

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/871fda48-ba46-c1d9-e040-e00a18064c0a

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1859). Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/871fda48-ba46-c1d9-e040-e00a18064c0a

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Plan of the town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island