Travelers Map of Long Island.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by J. H. Colton, New York.

• MEDIUM:

  DATE: 1845

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/4 x 20 1/4" (18.6 x 51.4 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved by the Omnigraph Machine, 192 Broadway.<br><br> A scarce separately published pocket map. This map covers the whole of Long Island from Fort Hamilton to Montauk and Fishers Island. It features excellent detail of roads, railroads, bays, inlets, and more. Manhattan is depicted in miniature plan form. Several New York City neighborhoods are named, including Harlem, Astoria, Williamsburg, Flatbush, Jamaica, and Flushing. Numerous place names appear along the Long Island Sound, including Bridgeport, New Haven, and New London. The Long Island Rail Road extends only to Millville (now Medford) with a manuscript red line extending to Greenport and pencil line showing a steamboat route to Stonington, Connecticut.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Overall in good condition. Some surface soiling, creases and a few split along fold lines. Original hand coloring.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps