File:Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York LOC 2013593266.jpg
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English: General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and Queens County before the detachment of its eastern portion in 1898 to form Nassau County. Shows incorporated cities, towns (townships), roads, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; shows street system in urban areas. Hand colored to distinguish administrative areas of cities and towns (townships). Prime meridian: City Hall, New York City. "Entered according to Act of Congress in A.D. 1859 by H.F. Walling in the ... Southern District of New York." Printed in northern/southern segments (sheets). LC copy imperfect: The 8 original sheets were conjoined to form a single sheet (wall map), later halved, mounted on cloth backing, both sheets thirded to enable folding, brittle. LC Land ownership maps, 505 Includes table of distances and local business directories. Insets: Astoria (Newtown) -- Manhasset (N. Hempstead) -- Roslyn (North Hempstead) -- Mineola (N. Hempstead) -- East New York -- Fort Hamilton -- Flatbush -- Newtown -- Glen Cove (Oysterbay) -- Jamaica -- Ravenswood (Newtown) -- Far Rockaway (Hempstead) -- Whitestone (Flushing) -- Farmingdale (Oyster Bay) -- New Utrecht -- Norwich (Oyster Bay) -- Flushing -- Hicksville (Oyster Bay) -- Oysterbay -- Hempstead. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. |
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| Title | Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York | ||
| Shelf ID | G3804.N4:3B8 1859 .W3 | ||
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| Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593266/ | ||
| Author | Walling, Henry Francis; W.E. & A.A. Baker; H.F. Walling'S Map Establishment | ||
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| Location | Jamaica · Queens (New York) · Flushing · Hempstead · Hempstead (N.Y.) · Brooklyn (New York) · Nassau County · Nassau County (N.Y.) · Jamaica (New York) · Astoria · United States · Astoria (New York) · Brooklyn · New York · Flushing (New York) · Kings County · New York (State) · Queens County · Queens | ||
| Part of | American Memory · Catalog · County Landownership Maps · Geography And Map Division · Cultural Landscapes | ||
| Subject | Queens (New York, N.Y.) · Nassau County · United States · Astoria (New York) · Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) · Queens County (N.Y.) · Administrative And Political Divisions · Flushing (New York, N.Y.) · Topographic Maps · Maps · New York · Kings County · Astoria (New York, N.Y.) · Queens (New York) · Nassau County (N.Y.) · Flushing (New York) · New York (State) · Landowners · Kings County (N.Y.) · Cities And Towns · Hempstead (N.Y.) · Jamaica (New York) · Brooklyn (New York) · Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) · Queens County |
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| current | 19:52, 24 May 2018 | | 18,186 × 17,876 (46.81 MB) | Fæ | LOC Maps https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593266/ #14387 |
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