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Map A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

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Title

  • A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

Names

  • Montrésor, John, 1736-1799.
  • Andrews, Peter, active 1765-1782.
  • Dury, Andrew.

Created / Published

  • [London]; Sold by A. Dury [1775]

Headings

  • -  New York (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:6,300.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.
  • -  Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage.
  • -  Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water" ca. 1:128,000.
  • -  Stokes, I. N. P. Iconography of Manhattan Island.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1105
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 700/2

Medium

  • col. map, 65 x 53 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4 1766 .M61

Repository

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

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74692879

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Montrésor, John, Peter Andrews, and Andrew Dury. A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter,i.e. 1766. [London; Sold by A. Dury, 1775] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74692879/.

APA citation style:

Montrésor, J., Andrews, P. & Dury, A. (1775) A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter,i.e. 1766. [London; Sold by A. Dury] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74692879/.

MLA citation style:

Montrésor, John, Peter Andrews, and Andrew Dury. A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter,i.e. 1766. [London; Sold by A. Dury, 1775] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74692879/>.