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Map of Lake George

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5255442


Item data

Title

Map of Lake George

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
Cities and towns, A-Z

Names

Marvin, Henry (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1853
Place: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: Henry Marvin

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 87-5179

Subjects

Lakes -- New York (State)
Lake George (N.Y.)
Champlain, Lake

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Scale not given (W 73°43ʹ50ʺ--W 73°19ʹ26ʺ/N 43°51ʹ29ʺ--N 43°24ʹ37ʺ)
Content: Shows forts, points of interest and topography surrounding Lake George and Lake Champlain.
Content: Includes table of Lake George dimensions.
Source Note: Extracted from "Complete history of Lake George" (1853) by Henry Marvin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 49 x 41 cm, sheet 54 x 44 cm
Relief shown by hachures

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 909581375
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20625579
Other local Identifier: US156.1.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fec6d960-e1f5-0132-dd41-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1853

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Lake George" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1853. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fec6d960-e1f5-0132-dd41-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1853). Map of Lake George Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fec6d960-e1f5-0132-dd41-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Lake George" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fec6d960-e1f5-0132-dd41-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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