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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02006 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Plan of the City of New York in North America |
| Date | 1776 |
| Author | Ratzer, Bernard (fl. 1756-1777) |
| Document Type | Map |
| Content Description | Engraved by Jeffrey and Fagan. Oversize engraving showing lower Manhattan Island, part of Brooklyn and Hoboken, N.J. A cartouche extending across the bottom has a panoramic "South West View of the City of New York." Based upon the survey of 1766-1767. The map shows city blocks, streams and shallows. Dedicated to Sir Henry Moore, Governor in Chief of New York. The survey was commissioned because of the Stamp Act riots but not published until just before the British invasion. Stokes and Haskell, B-82, pl. 20, call this "one of the most beautiful, important, and accurate early maps of New York" (p.22). Not in Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution. |
| Subjects | Art, Music, Theater, and Film Geography and Natural History Revolutionary War Surveying Military History Stamp Act Global History and Civics |
| People | Ratzer, Bernard (fl. 1756-1777) |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |