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  • TitleMap of Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island … by Alexander Martin, 1834.
  • Call NumberMAP_1834-01-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBrooklyn, Long Island and a section of Manhattan. Map in two sections. Negative photocopy. Inscribed in pen at top: "Updated Clerks Office of South District, New York, March 24, 1836." Streets and larger structures indicated: toll gates, cemeteries, churches, original farm lines. Houses not indicated. Wards 1-5 are labeled, no boundaries are shown. Oriented with north toward top. P. [Prosper] Desobry's lithography.
  • Date1834-1836
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 18 x 24.75 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)negatives (photographs)photocopies
  • CreatorMartin, Alexander
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Long Island (N.Y.)--Maps ; New York (N.Y.)--Maps
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Long Island (N.Y.)New York (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.