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A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.
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A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.

General street map showing selected letter-keyed buildings in built-up area and field lines with generalized land use in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows "Road to Kings Bridge where the Rebels mean to make a stand" and "Road to Kepps Bay where the Kings troops landed". Also covers rural part of Manhattan Island up to present-day 14th Street and small parts of Long Island. Removed from: The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, London, Nov. 1776, v. 59. Watermark: Oval cartouche surmounted by crown with capital letter W at right. Imperfect: Annotated in pencil, missing index, missing small marginal section at fold line, rubber-stamped by previous owner-libraries.

Date
1776
Place
Lower Manhattan
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
3,792 × 3,207 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America." (1776). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_plan_of_the_city_and_environs_of_New_York_in_North_America._LOC_2002623929.jpg

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