Asher & Adams' map of the bays, harbors and rivers around New York : showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country : including Hempstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove
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Asher & Adams' map of the bays, harbors and rivers around New York : showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country : including Hempstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove
Collection
Maps of New York City and State
New York City
New York City & Vicinity
Names
Dripps, M. (Matthew) (Cartographer)
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Surveyor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1874
Place: N[ew] Y[ork]
Publisher: M. Dripps
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 09-1289
Subjects
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
New York Metropolitan Area
Coasts -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area
Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area
New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area
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Notes
Content: "Based on the trigonometrical survey, executed in 1856, for the Harbor Commissioners of New York, by A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey."
Content: Oriented with north to the upper left.
Content: Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by soundings.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1874 by Asher & Adams in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."
Statement Of Responsibility: Asher & Adams, 59 Beekman St., New York.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 81 x 69 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 317117996
Barcode: 33433079230839
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18024003
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e0b4cf10-c602-012f-20dc-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Asher & Adams' map of the bays, harbors and rivers around New York : showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country : including Hempstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0b4cf10-c602-012f-20dc-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1874). Asher & Adams' map of the bays, harbors and rivers around New York : showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country : including Hempstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0b4cf10-c602-012f-20dc-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Asher & Adams' map of the bays, harbors and rivers around New York : showing the channels, soundings, lighthouses, buoys &c. and the complete topography of the surrounding country : including Hempstead, Sandy-Hook, South-Amboy, Newark, Yonkers, N. Rochelle & Glencove" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0b4cf10-c602-012f-20dc-58d385a7bc34
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