Description
[New York] Hammond’s Enlarged Road Map of the Country Around New York. New York: C. S. Hammond & Co., 1912. Haskell, Manhattan Maps 1736. Scale 1 inch = 2 miles. 29 inches x 38 ½ inches, colored, printed on linen. (Note vertical measurement is given first here. Haskell gives the horizontal measurement first.) Two small areas shown have added coloring by a prior owner. Condition is near fine, showing folds in the fabric, with only one small fold-tear with no text loss. Copies were located at the American Geographical Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The copy at the American Museum of Natural History is on paper with a cover. The copy at the University of Wisconsin is described as being “mounted on linen.” The copy offered here is printed on linen and in color, without the cover, as issued by the publisher C. S. Hammond. This large format map shows roads, as well as road quality, interurban transportation lines, administrative boundaries, shipping piers, tunnels and canals.
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