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Map New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

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Title

  • New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

Names

  • J.B. Beers & Co.

Created / Published

  • New York : Published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.
  • © 1886

Headings

  • -  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Nassau County (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Kings County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Queens County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Nassau County--Maps
  • -  Kings County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Queens County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Nassau County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Long Island City (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Brooklyn (New York)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Queens (New York)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Nassau County (N.Y.)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Kings County
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Queens County
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Long Island City (New York)

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and the entire pre-1899 area of Queens County.
  • -  Also covers Nassau County which was formed from the eastern part of Queens County in 1899.
  • -  Shows incorporated cities, towns (townships), numbered districts, roads, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; shows street systems in urban areas.
  • -  Shows 1-mile radial distances from N.Y. City Hall (Manhattan).
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Partially hand-colored.
  • -  "Copyrighted 1886 J.B. Beers & Co."
  • -  Mounted in western/eastern segments (sheets).
  • -  LC copy imperfect: The 4 original sheets were conjoined to form a single sheet, later halved, mounted on cloth backing, halved again to enable sheet folding, trimmed at outer edges, original sheets brittle.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 512
  • -  Includes text, index of local areas, business directory, 12 local-area insets (including Long Island City--now part of Queens Borough), advertisements, and illustrations in some advertisements.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets: color ; 125 x 138 cm, sheets 129 x 72 cm, folded to 64 x 72 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:3B8 1886 .J2
  • G3804.N4:3B8 1886 .J2 Copy 2 Very brittle, sectioned to 6 sheets, not mounted on backing, fold-lined, torn, small sections missing at sheet edges, stain/soil marks on verso, original outer edges hemmed in stiff paper containing red strand at hem folds.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593269

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

J.B. Beers & Co. New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York: from actual surveys. New York: Published by J.B. Beers & Co., . ©, 1886. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593269/.

APA citation style:

J.B. Beers & Co. (1886) New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York: from actual surveys. New York: Published by J.B. Beers & Co., . ©. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593269/.

MLA citation style:

J.B. Beers & Co. New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York: from actual surveys. New York: Published by J.B. Beers & Co., . ©, 1886. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593269/>.