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Mid-19th century plan of New York City

MILLER, James.

New York City Map.
New York: James Miller, 1857. Colour-printed wood-engraving. Printed area 410 x 730mm.

Binding folds flattened.

A detailed plan of New York City, with Jersey City, Hoboken and Brooklyn, with extensive indexes.
Of interest is the design of Central Park, depicted a year before it opened and fifteen years before the landscaping was finished. It is estimated that 1,600 residents (mainly free blacks and Irish emigrants) had to be evicted in 1857, the year of this map's publication.


Stock ID : 18298

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Stock Id :18298

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Mid-19th century plan of New York City

MILLER, James.

New York City Map.
New York: James Miller, 1857. Colour-printed wood-engraving. Printed area 410 x 730mm.

Binding folds flattened.

A detailed plan of New York City, with Jersey City, Hoboken and Brooklyn, with extensive indexes.
Of interest is the design of Central Park, depicted a year before it opened and fifteen years before the landscaping was finished. It is estimated that 1,600 residents (mainly free blacks and Irish emigrants) had to be evicted in 1857, the year of this map's publication.


Stock ID : 18298

£850

£850

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