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Map of the City of New York.
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Map of the City of New York.
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English: An unusual and very rare 1868 Map of New York city by W. C. Rogers. Map covers the whole of the island of Manhattan with some detail in parts of Queens and the Bronx. This unusual map offer extraordinary detail throughout with names of major landholders listed throughout the city. Also offers depth soundings in the Hudson and East Rivers. In the Bronx and the sliver of Queens depicted, we can see the beginnings of both the Long Island Railroad and Metro North. Shows Central Park in detail exhibiting the fully glory of Olmstead's plan in an unusual elongated format. Prepared for inclusion in the 1868 edition of Joseph Shannon’s Manual of the Common Council of the Corporation of The City of New York .
Date 1868 (dated)
Dimensions height: 40 in (101.6 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,40U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
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Geographicus link: NewYork-shannon-1868
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Shannon, J., Manual of the Common Council of the City of New York,1868 edition.

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