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A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town

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Title

A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
New York City
New York Harbor

Names

Grierson, George, -1753 (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1749 - 1767 (Questionable)
Place: Dublin
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Geo. Grierson at the two Bibles in

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 89-5007 [Filed with New York Harbor, 1749]

Subjects

Harbors -- New York Region
Nautical charts -- New York Region
New York Region -- Early works to 1800

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Shows rivers, shallow coastal banks, ferry landing sites, settlements, and islands.
Content: Depths shown by soundings.
Content: From: The English pilot, The fourth book. Dublin : George Grierson, 1749 ; or Boulter Grierson, 1767.
Content: Oriented with north to the right.
Content: Rhumb lines radiate from compass rose to points along the coast.
Content: Verner, C. Carto-bibliographical study of The English pilot, p. 68

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : col. ; 45 x 57 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 46538297
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11654319
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fff46300-c5aa-012f-0bdf-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1749

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1749 - 1767. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fff46300-c5aa-012f-0bdf-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1749 - 1767). A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fff46300-c5aa-012f-0bdf-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fff46300-c5aa-012f-0bdf-58d385a7bc34

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