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| Keywords: 1846 Colton Map of New York City and Vicinity (33 Miles Around) - Geographicus - NewYork33MilesAround-colton-1855.jpg This is the extremely rare 1855 edition of one of the most beautiful pocket maps of New York made in the 19th century Colton ™s Thirty Three Miles Around the City of New York Covers New York City and vicinity as far south as Ocean County New Jersey as far east as Suffolk County as far north as Rockland County and as far west as Somerset County Reveals the area in considerable detail with special attention to settlements tolls roads and railroads New York Bay and Harbor offers numerous depth soundings taken from the 1850 U S Coast Survey chart of the region Surrounded by a splendid decorative border with engraved views depicting City Hall New York and City Hall Brooklyn This map was drawn and engraved by J M Atwood based upon J H Eddy ™s 1811 map of the same name Colton ™s success with this attractive map was such that it was issued in various editions for over 50 years Haskell notes eight different editions between 1846 and 1873 and Rumsey has a variant dated 1891 Comes with original brown linen binder with a miniature map of the city in gilt stamped on the cover Dated 1855 to right of the imprint below map proper Below this at the base of the map the copyright reads Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1846 by J H Colton Co in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York Published by the Colton firm prior to their 1859 bankruptcy from their 172 William Str Office in New York City 1855 dated Size in 22 5 24 object history credit line accession number NewYork33MilesAround-colton-1855 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of New York City 1855 1855 maps New York City Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Round maps Maps in English New York City Hall Brooklyn Borough Hall | ||||
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