COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
35698
accession_number
35698
Accession Number
false
File Name:
35698-1
file_name
35698-1
File Name
false
Call number:
E755 R311d / 1-SIZE
call_number
E755 R311d / 1-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
Plan de New-York et des Environs
map_title
Plan de New-York et des Environs
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
A Paris
place_of_publication
A Paris
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Chez le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins
publisher
Chez le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1777
publication_date
1777
Publication date
false
Map size height:
57.4 cm.
map_size_height
57.4 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
49.5 cm.
map_size_width
49.5 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Plan of New York City, mostly present-day downtown Manhattan Island. Includes an inset of the New York harbor with soundings and sea banks or shoals. Cartographic elements include scale, location of roads and dwellings, and compass rose. Also includes location of the memorial obelisk to General Wolfe, a foundry, [King's] College (adjoining Trinity Church), churches, prisons, hospitals, and Fort George. Items in the image are numbered and lettered for identification in key at bottom.
geographical_description
Plan of New York City, mostly present-day downtown Manhattan Island. Includes an inset of the New York harbor with soundings and sea banks or shoals. Cartographic elements include scale, location of roads and dwellings, and compass rose. Also includes location of the memorial obelisk to General Wolfe, a foundry, [King's] College (adjoining Trinity Church), churches, prisons, hospitals, and Fort George. Items in the image are numbered and lettered for identification in key at bottom.
Geographical description
false
Source title:
Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale
source_title
Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale
Source title
false
Source place:
A Paris : chez le Sr. Le Rouge ingenieur geographe du Roy, et de S.A.S.M. le Comte de Clermont, Rue des Augustins, 1755
source_place
A Paris : chez le Sr. Le Rouge ingenieur geographe du Roy, et de S.A.S.M. le Comte de Clermont, Rue des Augustins, 1755
Source place
false
References:
Cumming, W. P. "The Montresor-Ratzer-Sauthier sequence of maps of New York City, 1766-1776," Imago Mundi, vol. 31, p. 55-65; Phelps Stokes, I.N. Iconography, I, p. 340; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, p. 524
references
Cumming, W. P. "The Montresor-Ratzer-Sauthier sequence of maps of New York City, 1766-1776," Imago Mundi, vol. 31, p. 55-65; Phelps Stokes, I.N. Iconography, I, p. 340; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, p. 524
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
This plan, originally drawn in 1766 by John Montresor for General Thomas Gage, commander in chief of the British troops in America, is dated 1777, although the imprint date for this atlas is 1755.
historical_notes
This plan, originally drawn in 1766 by John Montresor for General Thomas Gage, commander in chief of the British troops in America, is dated 1777, although the imprint date for this atlas is 1755.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1777
normalized_date
1777
Normalized date
false
Creator:
John Montresor
creator
John Montresor
Creator
false