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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs: to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town : survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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

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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs: to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town : survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]
Names
Andrews, Peter, fl. 1765-1782 (Engraver)
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799 (Engineer)
Dury, Andrew (Publisher)
Collection

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

Charts and maps

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1775 (Inferred)
Place: London
Publisher: Sold by A. Dury, Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-302 [Filed with NYC 1775]
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
Nautical charts -- New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "To the Honble. Thos. Gage, Esqr., Major General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, and Colonel of the 22d regiment of foot, this plan is most humbly inscribd by his obedient servant."
Content: Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water," ca. 1:128,000.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 840.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Oriented with north to upper right corner.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings on inset.
Citation/reference: Stokes, I. N. P. Iconography of Manhattan Island, I, pl. 40, p. 339-340
Citation/reference: Described in Cohen's Manhattan in maps, 1527-1995, p. 72.
Statement of responsibility: John Montresor, engineer ; P. Andrews, sculp.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 63 x 52 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5401775
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14963756
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8d6df3f0-c5d5-012f-6d48-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1765: Creator Born
  • 1775: Issued
  • 1782: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of the city of New-York & its environs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d6df3f0-c5d5-012f-6d48-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of the city of New-York & its environs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d6df3f0-c5d5-012f-6d48-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). A plan of the city of New-York & its environs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d6df3f0-c5d5-012f-6d48-58d385a7bc34

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A plan of the city of New-York & its environs