Map of the City of New York, from the Battery to 80th Street, showing the original topography of Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared to accompany the testimory of Egbert L. Viele, Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate.
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Map of the City of New York, from the Battery to 80th Street, showing the original topography of Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared to accompany the testimory of Egbert L. Viele, Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate.
Collection
Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Manhattan
Names
Viele, Egbert L. (Egbert Ludovicus), 1825-1902 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1859 (Questionable)
Place: New York
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1475
Subjects
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Landforms -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Wetlands -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Fills (Earthwork) -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
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Notes
Content: Scale [ca. 1:9,500] (W 74°01ʹ--W 73°56ʹ/N 40°47ʹ--N 40°42ʹ).
Content: Oriented with north to the right of sheet.
Content: Ground characteristics map. Covers all of Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of 80th Street. Shows landforms, streams and wetlands. Shows relief by hachures.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 45 x 81 cm
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087458869
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20474385
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cdfe79a0-ed74-0130-2bb6-58d385a7b928
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York, from the Battery to 80th Street, showing the original topography of Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared to accompany the testimory of Egbert L. Viele, Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdfe79a0-ed74-0130-2bb6-58d385a7b928
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1859). Map of the City of New York, from the Battery to 80th Street, showing the original topography of Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared to accompany the testimory of Egbert L. Viele, Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdfe79a0-ed74-0130-2bb6-58d385a7b928
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York, from the Battery to 80th Street, showing the original topography of Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared to accompany the testimory of Egbert L. Viele, Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdfe79a0-ed74-0130-2bb6-58d385a7b928
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