COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Viele, Egbert L.
Date:
1859
Short Title:
Map of the City of New York from the Battery to 80th St. showing the Original Topography of Manhattan Island.
Publisher:
New York State Senate
Publisher Location:
Albany
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
44
Obj Width cm:
84
Scale 1:
12,000
Note:
This map is an early version of the larger map that became Viele's 1865 "Topographical Map of the City of New York. Showing Original Water Courses and Made Land" (see our various copies). It only shows lower Manhattan and has less detail than the later expanded map, but it does show Viele's methodology and the beginnings of what would become his great historical drainage map of the city. It was published in a New York State Senate government document and was prepared by Viele to show before the Senate during his testimony on the sanitary conditions of the city.
State/Province:
New York
City:
New York (N.Y.)
Subject:
Data Visualization
Subject:
Health; Disease
Full Title:
Map of the City of New York from the Battery to 80th St. showing the Original Topography of Manhattan Island. Prepared to accompany the testimony of Egbert L. Viele Esq. before the Sanitary committee of the Senate. Note: This map is compiled from old Surveys and records, and is intended to exhibit the general localities of the original drainage streams, without defining the precise points at which they would intersect the Streets and Avenues.
List No:
10157.004
Series No:
4
Publication Author:
Viele, Egbert L.
Pub Date:
1859
Pub Title:
State of New York. No. 49. In Senate, Feb. 3, 1859. Report of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the Health Department of the City of New York.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
10157.000
Pub Type:
Gov't Report Book
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
10157004.jp2
Authors:
Viele, Egbert L.
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