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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Montrésor, John, 1736-1799.

Title

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs [cartographic material] : 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] / P. Andrews, sculp.

Published

[London] : Sold by A. Dury, Dukes Court St. Martins Lane, [1776]

Physical Description

1 map : copperplate engraving, hand-colored ; 63 x 51 cm

Cartographic Detail

Scale approximately 1:6,300 ; (W 74°01'32"--W 73°58'06"/N 40°44'18"--N 40°41'59").

Local Notes

BEIN BrSides Double Folio 2017 68: No. 21 of 33 maps previously bound together in composite atlas owned by George Washington.

Notes

Originally issued in 1767 (dated 1766) by Mary Ann Rocque - Cohen and Augustyn, Manhattan in maps, 1527-1995.

This is the second issue of the map with altered title (Survey'd in the Winter, 1775) and with additional imprint, published during the American Revolutionary War - Stevens and Tree. Comparative cartography, entry 39 (b)

Shows the name of the engraver at lower right "P. Andrews Sculp".

Oriented with north to upper right corner.

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.

Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.

Watermark.

Includes scales in feet, yards, miles and furlongs at lower right.

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" (includes sounding depths) drawn at a scale of two miles to an inch (1:126,720).

Includes a passage of descriptive text (17 lines) at lower left.

Includes a lettered and numbered key at lower center identifying locations within the map.

Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage: "To the honble. Thos. Gage, Esqr. Major General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, and Colonel of the 22d. Regiment of the Foot. ... John Montresor. Engineer."

Separately published and in editions of "The American Atlas" published by Faden.

Variant and related titles

Plan of the city of New-York and its environs

Inset title: Chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel, for sailing with ye banks and depths of water

Format

Maps & GIS

Language

English

Added to Catalog

September 22, 2017

References

Cohen, P.E. Manhattan in maps, 1527-1995, p. 72