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Map of the state of New-York and the surrounding country

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433793


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Title

Map of the state of New-York and the surrounding country

Collection

Atlases of the United States
New York
An atlas of the state of New York : containing a map of the state and of the several counties.

Names

Burr, David H., 1803-1875 (Cartographer)
De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834 (Cartographer)
Rawdon, Clark & Co. (Engraver)
Rawdon, Wright & Co. (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1829
Place: New York
Publisher: D. H. Burr

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. +++ 02-229 (No. 1)

Subjects

New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
New England
Canals -- New York (State)
Maps

Genres

Atlases
Maps

Notes

Content: Alternate pages of second group of pagination blank.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Title vignette.
Citation/Reference: Creek, A.B. Maps of the Genesee Valley & Finger Lakes Region, 1776-1950, p. 62
Citation/Reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 510
Statement Of Responsibility: Projected and drawn under the superintendence and direction of Simeon de Witt ... And also the physical geography of the State ...
Content: "Compiled from his large map of the state."
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress, Jany. 5th, 1829 by David H. Burr of the state of N. York."
Content: Covers also Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont and parts of Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Content: Insets: Profile of the Grand Erie Canal -- Profile of the Champlain Canal -- Profile of the Seneca Canal.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Statement Of Responsibility: by David H. Burr ; engd. by Rawdon, Clark & Co., Albany, & Rawdon, Wright & Co., New York.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 61 cm. folded to 55 x 41 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 3793109
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13681764
RLIN/OCLC: 48878224
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15329657
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4ed7f00-c5ed-012f-7761-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1829

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the state of New-York and the surrounding country" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1829. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4ed7f00-c5ed-012f-7761-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1829). Map of the state of New-York and the surrounding country Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4ed7f00-c5ed-012f-7761-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the state of New-York and the surrounding country" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4ed7f00-c5ed-012f-7761-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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