The Old Print Shop

Jamaica Village. Queens Co. L. I.

  • ARTIST: F. W. Beers

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Beers, Comstock & Cline, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Hand colored engraving.

    DATE: 1873

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 15 1/2 x 24 1/8 (393 x 622 mm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A detailed and nicely colored map from "Atlas of Long Island, New York. From recent and actual surveys and records." Many land owners names are given. First inhabited by the Jameco or Yamecah Indians, the name means beaver in Algonquian. This map shows the center of town, where the Main and the Southern branches of the Long Island Rail Road converge.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition with original color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps