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The Iconography Of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909: Compiled From Original Sources And Illustrated By Photo-Intaglio Reproductions Of Important Maps, Plan

The Iconography Of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909: Compiled From Original Sources And Illustrated By Photo-Intaglio Reproductions Of Important Maps, Plan

N. Phelps Stokes, I.

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General World HistoryArchitecture HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 9354485812
ISBN13: 9789354485817
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 808
Weight: 4.05
Height: 1.60 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Maps remember what cities forget. In The Iconography Of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 (Volume VI), I. N. Phelps Stokes assembles an extraordinary illustrated historical map collection that follows Manhattan from a sparsely noted island on early European charts to the dense metropolis of the modern age. Compiled from original sources and reproduced through meticulous photo-intaglio processes, it offers page after page of primary source document facsimiles: maps, plans, views and archival records that open a window onto colonial New York City, nineteenth-century streetscapes and the great waves of manhattan urban development history. For anyone drawn to old New York maps and the texture of lived city life, it is both visual feast and documentary record. Long recognised as one of the great historical atlases of America and a foundation of New York City history, Stokes's multi-volume Iconography stands at the crossroads of narrative, image and evidence. This volume functions as an archival city history reference and an indispensable reference for urban historians, architectural scholars and genealogists, yet its vivid engravings and carefully ordered materials invite the curious general reader as well. It is equally a collectors reference for researchers interested in urban cartography and mapping, tracing how surveyors, planners and artists saw Manhattan 1498 to 1909 and how their work shaped the island's evolving identity. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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