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Alvin Jewett Johnson: Johnson's Map of New York State.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Alvin Jewett Johnson  (1827–1884)  wikidata:Q18507750
 
Alternative names
A. J. Johnson
Description American publisher and cartographer
Date of birth/death 23 September 1827 Edit this at Wikidata 22 April 1884 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wallingford Brooklyn
Work location
New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q18507750
Title
Johnson's Map of New York State.
Description
English: This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1862 by the legendary American mapmaker A. J. Johnson. It depicts the state of New York. There are inset maps of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Oswego, Albany, Troy, and of course, New York City. This map is exceptionally rare as it come from the 1862 edition of Johnson’s Atlas – one of the first and rarest.
Date 1862
date QS:P571,+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 17.5 in (44.4 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593
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Geographicus link: NY-j-62
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