Digital Image: 1776 Universal Magazine Map of New York City

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A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America. - Main View
A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America. - Main View
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Digital Image: 1776 Universal Magazine Map of New York City

NewYorkCIty-universalmagazine-1776_d

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  • A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America.
  • Added: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:03:00
  • Original Document Scale: 1 : 12000
The second earliest obtainable map of New York City. Issued just after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
$50.00
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(w/ historical analysis)

Title

A Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America.
  1776 (undated)     11.5 x 14.5 in (29.21 x 36.83 cm)     1 : 12000

Description

FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.

Digital Map Information

Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.

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Credit and Scope of Use

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How Large Can I Print?

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Refunds

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Cartographer

John Hinton (November 13, 1716 - May 11, 1781) was a British bookseller and publisher active in London during the late 18th century. Hinton is best known as the publisher of the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, a popular English periodical issued from 1747 to 1814. The Universal Magazine enjoyed wide appeal and was often lavishly illustrated - for the time - with engravings and maps by such prominent English cartographers as Emanuel Bowen, Thomas Kitchin, and Richard W. Seale. On Hinton's death publication of the Universal Magazine was taken over by his apprentice Stephen Austin Cumberlege. More by this mapmaker...

Source

Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London: John Hinton) Nov. 1776, v. 59.