Old maps of New York City
Maps of New York City from the Dutch town of New Amsterdam to the 1920s: Manhattan before and after the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 laid out its grid, Brooklyn, bird's-eye views, and the insurance and real estate atlases that show the city block by block.
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Manhattan
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Detail showing lower Manhattan in 1639 taken from a map by Joan Vinckeboons called "Manatvs gelegen op de Noot Riuier" (18 x 26.5 inches, pen and watercolor, held by the of the )
1639 · Library of Congress
A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.
1776 · Library of Congress
City of New-York
1834 · Library of Congress
A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M D CC,LV by F. Maerschalck, city survey o r
1755 · Library of Congress
Map of City of New York published in 1834
1834 · Library of Congress
NYC Manhattan Topo Land Use 1865 Water Front South Streets (LCN g3804n.ct002003)
1865 · Library of Congress
Topographical map of the city and county of New-York, and the adjacent country - with views in the border of the principal buildings, and interesting scenery of the island.
1836 · Library of Congress
A plan of the city of New York from an actual survey, anno Domini, M(D)CC,LV
1755 · Library of Congress
New Amsterdam and colonial New York
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Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans (translation: New Amsterdam on the island Manhattan.) From the inset by Nicholaes Visscher: Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ, Amsterdam 1685 (Detail) The inscription reads in old Dutch A) The Fort B) The Church C) The Windmill D) The flag that goes up when new ships
c. 1685 · Library of Congress
Manatvs gelegen op de Noot (sic) Riuier.
1639 · Library of Congress
Manuscript. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Covers New York City region. Pictorial map showing buildings and points of interest. Depths shown by soundings. Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Ri
1639 · Library of Congress
New Yorke - 1695.
1695 · Library of Congress
Manhattan Lying on the North River
1639 · Wikimedia Commons
New Yorke 1695.
1695 · Library of Congress
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae - nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata
1651 · Library of Congress
Jansson-Visscher map
1650 · Library of Congress
Brooklyn
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Brooklyn, New York: USGS topographic map, 1:62,500 (1889–1900)
1889–1900 · 17 editions
Brooklyn Sketch 1879
c. 1879 · Library of Congress
Bird's-eye-view of the borough of Brooklyn showing parks, cemeteries, principal buildings, suburbs.
1897 · Library of Congress
The city of Brooklyn.
1879 · Library of Congress
Map of the city of Brooklyn.
1864 · Library of Congress
Map of Kings and part of Queens counties, Long Island N.Y.
1852 · Library of Congress
Map of the city of Brooklyn.
1865 · Library of Congress
Map of Kings County N.Y.
1868 · Library of Congress
Views of the city
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The city of New York.
1884 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1870 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1892 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1886 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1883 · Library of Congress
View of the city of New York and vicinity
1907 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1876 · Library of Congress
The city of New York.
1889 · Library of Congress
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