Content: Title, for map of place now known as Wards Island, supplied by cataloger.
Content: Oriented with north to the upper right.
Date: Publication date based on city directory information that lithographer Peter Miller was located at No. 45 Merchants Exchange in 1834 and 1835.
Content: Continuing but cut off border of map appears to show that sheet formerly included additional printed information.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 40 x 46 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 988094015
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21274515
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc008ef0-2790-0135-fd8f-017173c73310

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1834

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Great Barn Island, New York, showing streets and lots" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1834 - 1835. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc008ef0-2790-0135-fd8f-017173c73310

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1834 - 1835). Map of Great Barn Island, New York, showing streets and lots Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc008ef0-2790-0135-fd8f-017173c73310

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Great Barn Island, New York, showing streets and lots" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc008ef0-2790-0135-fd8f-017173c73310

Wikipedia citation

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