About This Item

  • TitleJamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet, Long Island, New York.
  • Call NumberMAP_1895-04-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryNautical map of Jamaica Bay includes soundings. Little of Brooklyn is shown. First published 1879, here published 1895. Triangulation, topography and hydrography, 1877-1878; additional soundings 1881; resurvey of bar and inlet 1888; corrections 1893. Gillin Printing Company. Oriented with north toward the top.
  • Date1895
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 22.5 x 27.25 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)nautical charts
  • Creator[unknown]
  • PublisherUnited States. Hydrographic Office.
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Waterfronts--New York (State)--New York ; Jamaica Bay (N.Y.)--Maps
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Jamaica Bay (N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.