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| Keywords: 1868 Rogers Map of Manhattan, New York City (North of 86th St) - Geographicus - NYCHarlemHeights3-rogers-1868.jpg A stunning and rare 1868 Map of the northern part of the island of Manhattan New York city by W C Rogers Map covers the upper part of Manhattan above 86th street including Morningside Heights Manhattan Valley Harlem Inwood the Upper West Side the Upper East Side etc in extraordinary detail depicting streets buildings estates and in many cases individual trees This map is most certainly based upon the 1836 Topographical Map of the City and County of New York drawn by David H Burr and published by J H Colton Colton ™s map was perhaps the finest example of artistic mapmaking applied to the Island of Manhattan I N Phelps Stokes This map uses only the northern portion of Colton ™s map but features the same stunning detail Beautifully hand colored to illustrate the Battle of Harlem Heights This is the best map of northern Manhattan that we are aware of Prepared for inclusion in the 1868 edition of Joseph Shannon ™s Manual Of The Corporation Of The City of New York An important piece for collectors of New York City cartography 1868 dated Size in 23 5 15 object history credit line accession number NYCHarlemHeights3-rogers-1868 Geographicus-source PD-art 1868 maps Manhattan Battle of Harlem Heights David H Burr Old maps showing the West Side Line Old maps of Manhattan north of 155th Street | ||||
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