Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Composite: Topographical Atlas Of The City Of New York

Author: 
Viele, Egbert L.
Date: 
1874
Short Title: 
Composite: Topographical Atlas Of The City Of New York
Publisher: 
E.L. Viele
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Composite Map
Obj Height cm: 
69
Obj Width cm: 
49
Scale 1: 
12,000
Note: 
Includes graphic scale. Streets named, ferry routes shown, railroads, streamcourses designated, and topography shown by hachures. Lands designated as originally meadow or marsh, or water as shown as made (filled) lands. Includes Manhattan and the Bronx and adjacent islands. Shows three cross-sections: across Central Park, from 50th Street to Brooklyn Heights, and from Hoboken to Brooklyn. Photolithograph.
Reference: 
Haskell 1136; Stokes 155-b; P3846.
City: 
New York (N.Y.)
Full Title: 
(Composite of) Topographical Atlas Of The City Of New York Including The Annexed Territory. Showing original water courses and made land. Prepared Under The Direction Of Egbert L. Viele, Civil and Topographical Engineer. 234 Broadway, N.Y. 1874. Eugene Quackenbush, C.E. Entered ... 1874, by Egbert L. Viele in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. Julius Bien, Photo Lith.
List No: 
2509.006
Page No: 
6
Series No: 
7
Engraver or Printer: 
Bien, Julius
Publication Author: 
Viele, Egbert L.
Pub Date: 
1874
Pub Title: 
Topographical Atlas Of The City Of New York Including The Annexed Territory. Showing original water courses and made land. Prepared Under The Direction Of Egbert L. Viele, Civil and Topographical Engineer. 234 Broadway, N.Y. 1874. Eugene Quackenbush, C.E. Entered ... 1874, by Egbert L. Viele in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. Julius Bien, Photo Lith.
Pub Reference: 
Haskell 1136; Stokes 155-b; P3846.
Pub Note: 
Larger version of the 1865 map in Atlas form, in original printed tan paper wraps 58x72 reading "Topographical Atlas Of The City Of New York. By Egbert L. Viele. 1874.", with the sheets unfolded. According to Stokes, this edition was prepared from new surveys by Eugene Quackenbush. On five sheets; full color indicating meadow, marsh, and made lands.
Pub List No: 
2509.000
Pub Type: 
City Atlas
Pub Maps: 
5
Pub Height cm: 
56
Pub Width cm: 
72
Image No: 
2509006
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Authors: 
Viele, Egbert L.; Viele, Egbert L.
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection