Map New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

Title

• New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

Names

• J.B. Beers & Co.

Created / Published

• New York : Published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.
• © 1886

Headings

• -  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
• -  Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
• -  Nassau County (N.Y.)--Maps
• -  Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps
• -  Landowners--New York (State)--Kings County--Maps
• -  Landowners--New York (State)--Queens County--Maps
• -  Landowners--New York (State)--Nassau County--Maps
• -  Kings County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
• -  Queens County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
• -  Nassau County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
• -  Long Island City (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
• -  United States--New York (State)--Brooklyn (New York)
• -  United States--New York (State)--Queens (New York)
• -  United States--New York (State)--Nassau County (N.Y.)
• -  United States--New York (State)--New York
• -  United States--New York (State)--Kings County
• -  United States--New York (State)--Queens County
• -  United States--New York (State)--Long Island City (New York)

Genre

• Maps

Notes

• -  General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and the entire pre-1899 area of Queens County.
• -  Also covers Nassau County which was formed from the eastern part of Queens County in 1899.
• -  Shows incorporated cities, towns (townships), numbered districts, roads, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; shows street systems in urban areas.
• -  Shows 1-mile radial distances from N.Y. City Hall (Manhattan).
• -  Relief shown by hachures.
• -  Partially hand-colored.
• -  "Copyrighted 1886 J.B. Beers & Co."
• -  Mounted in western/eastern segments (sheets).
• -  LC copy imperfect: The 4 original sheets were conjoined to form a single sheet, later halved, mounted on cloth backing, halved again to enable sheet folding, trimmed at outer edges, original sheets brittle.
• -  LC Land ownership maps, 512
• -  Includes text, index of local areas, business directory, 12 local-area insets (including Long Island City--now part of Queens Borough), advertisements, and illustrations in some advertisements.
• -  2 copies

Medium

• 1 map on 2 sheets: color ; 125 x 138 cm, sheets 129 x 72 cm, folded to 64 x 72 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3804.N4:3B8 1886 .J2
• G3804.N4:3B8 1886 .J2 Copy 2 Very brittle, sectioned to 6 sheets, not mounted on backing, fold-lined, torn, small sections missing at sheet edges, stain/soil marks on verso, original outer edges hemmed in stiff paper containing red strand at hem folds.

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.la000512

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2013593269

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2013593269

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