1837 Map of New York Harbor NY NJ Blondeau Powles Hook
1837 Map of New York Harbor by Alexandre Blondeau
"États-Unis, Plan de la Baie de New-York"
Original steel-engraved map
This map
appeared in Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's États-Unis d'Amérique.
Paris: Firmin Didot frères. First edition, 1837. Plate 52.
Engraved by Alexandre Blondeau after Lemaitre.
Roux de Rochelle, the French Minister to the U.S.,
included the American volume in a large series entitled L'Univers.
The book contained 96 images of the United States and it was
first issued in 1837. Beginning in 1839 the plates were reissued in
several French editions, as well as editions in Italian, Spanish and
German. This authentic antique
miniature map of New York harbor depicts roads and the extent of the city.
The map depicts Powles-Hook, Kings-Bridge, Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Stanen Island, and Utrecht and Gravesend on Long Island.
The map. is a magnificent document and a treat for history
buffs.
See scans
for more details; click image to view larger version.
Powles Hook (Paulus Hook) is a community on the Hudson River waterfront
in Jersey City, New Jersey, located one mile across the river from
Manhattan. The name Hook comes from the Dutch word "hoeck" which
translates into "point of land." This "point of land" has been described
as an elevated area, the location of which is today bounded by
Montgomery, Hudson, Essex and Warren Streets.
The King's Bridge was erected in 1693 by Frederick Philipse a local Lord
loyal to the British Monarch. The bridge spanned the now-filled-in
Spuyten Duyvil Creek, roughly south-parallel with today's 230th Street.
The Kingsbridge carried Boston Post Road, connecting continental America
(today's Bronx) with Marble Hill, once part of the Manhattan island, but
still today part of the Manhattan borough. The bridge is said to still
be in place, having been buried when the creekbed was filled in. The
creek water flow was redirected to the new and deeper shipping canal,
south of Marble Hill.
Dimensions of the engraved area plus caption is 3.9 x 6.6 inches.
Printed on a 5.2 x 7.9
inches sheet.
The condition is fair/good. Imperfections:
age toning, faint water stain, weakened impression.
Will look great with a mat and frame.
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