num_pages: 192
description: A New York Public Library Outstanding Reference BookA visual celebration of nearly 400 years of New York City's history.To celebrate the one-hundredth anniversay of Greater New York, what Alfred Kazin calls "a treasure of a book" is now a gorgeous paperback. The New York Times Book Review raved that The Historical Atlas of New York City "may be as close to a printed CD-ROM as paper can get." Now, this visual cornucopia of full-color maps, charts, photographs, and drawings covering four hundred years of the city's history is a trade paperback. Neighborhood by neighborhood, the Atlas takes the reader back through history, detailing such crucial events as the initial settlement of 270 people in thirty log houses; John Jacob Astor's meteoric rise from humble fur trader to the richest and most powerful man in the city; Frederick Law Olmsted's design for Central Park; and the fascinating ethnic mix of modern Queens. For both history buffs and the twenty-five million people who visit New York each year, The Historical Atlas of New York City is the guide to America's first city.
language: English
title: The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History
titlecomplete: The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History
genres: History, Reference, Geography, American History, Cities, New York, Travel, The United States Of America, Maps, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 423
publisher: Holt Paperbacks