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| Keywords: 1868 Bishop Pocket Map of Brooklyn, New York - Geographicus - Brooklyn-bishop-1868.jpg An extremely rare first edition of William Bishop's 1868 pocket map of the city of Brooklyn New York In the mid-19th century fueled by the advent of the steam ferry which made crossing the East River practical Kings County experienced an massive population burst Wealthy and poor alike were quick to abandon the dirty and claustrophobic Manhattan for then suburban lands just across the East River In 1855 the communities of Brooklyn Greenpoint Bushwick and Williamsburg were consolidated by the State of New York into one large city modern day Brooklyn It was around this time that the term Kings County began to fall out of popular usage in favor of Brooklyn By 1865 three years before this map was printed Brooklyn had become the third largest city in America following New York and Philadelphia Here Brooklyn is revealed in the midst of this incredible development Prospect Park which was still being built is shown as is Greenwood cemetery The street layout mimicking the grid system of Manhattan is shown in considerable detail Attempts to detail important buildings ferry crossings bridges train lines and plank roads Also notes public buildings and lands such as the Lunatic Asylum the Hospital the Alms House the Military Parade Grounds the Marine Hospital and the Navy Yard Manhattan appears in the lower left hand corner of the map North is oriented to the lower left The whole is surrounding by a decorative vine and leave border This map was drawn by A Brown of 47 Nassau Street New York for inclusion in Henry McCloskey ™s 1863 Manual of the City and Corporation of Brooklyn Cartographically this map references and expands upon the 1846 map of Brooklyn surveyed and prepared by Richard Butt Of note is the fact that this map issued just months after Prospect Park's October 1867 completion is one of the first maps to show Olmstead's design The only other copy of this map we have been able to identify is the McCloskey edition in the collection of the Brooklyn Public Library Ours is in superior condition An extremely rare map Also of note this map comes with a signature panel signed by William Bishop himself and dedicated to WIlliam Marshall a contemporary of Bishop as well as a known author and lawyer 1868 dated Size in 24 5 20 object history credit line accession number Brooklyn-bishop-1868 Bishop William <i>Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn 1864</i> 1864 Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of Brooklyn New York City 1868 maps Brooklyn | ||||
