The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909
Subtitle: compiled from original sources and illustrated by photo-intaglio reproductions of important maps, plans, views, and documents in public and private collections
By: by I.N. Phelps Stokes.
Contributors: Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952.; Wieder, F. C. 1874-1943.
Publisher: Robert H. Dodd
Published: 1915
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Cartography -- United States -- History; American newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Bibliography; New York (N.Y.) -- History; New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- Views; New York (N.Y.) -- Maps; New York (N.Y.) -- Bibliography
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The period of discovery (1524-1609); the Dutch period (1609-1664). The English period (1664-1763). The Revolutionary period (1763-1783). Period of adjustment and reconstruction; New York as the state and federal capital (1783-1811); title: v. 2. Cartography: an essay on the development of knowledge regarding the geography of the east coast of North America; Manhattan Island and its environs on early maps and charts / by F.C. Wieder and I.N. Phelps Stokes. The Manatus maps. The Castello plan. The Dutch grants. Early New York newspapers (1725-1811). Plan of Manhattan Island in 1908; title: v. 3. The War of 1812 (1812-1815). Period of invention, prosperity, and progress (1815-1841). Period of industrial and educational development (1842-1860). The Civil War (1861-1865); period of political and social development (1865-1876). The modern city and island (1876-1909); title: v. 4. The period of discovery (565-1626); the Dutch period (1626-1664). The English period (1664-1763). The Revolutionary period, part I (1763-1776); title: v. 5. The Revolutionary period, part II (1776-1783). Period of adjustment and reconstruction New York as the state and federal capital (1783-1811). The War of 1812 (1812-1815) ; period of invention, prosperity, and progress (1815-1841). Period of industrial and educational development (1842-1860). The Civil War (1861-1865) ; Period of political and social development (1865-1876). The modern city and island (1876-1909); title: v. 6. Chronology: addenda. Original grants and farms. Bibliography. Index.