About This Item

  • TitleA Map of the Environs of Brooklyn, surveyed by order of his excellency General Sir Henry Clinton …by Andrew Skinner, 1781.
  • Call NumberMAP_1781-01-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap depicts Brooklyn, Governor's Island and the eastern edge of New Jersey. Description is brief, covering several major roads and towns. Magnetic Meridian indicated. Photocopy. [date of publication not identified]
  • Date1781
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 22.75 x 16.5 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • CreatorSkinner, Andrew
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Governors Island Historic District (New York County, N.Y.)New Jersey
  • 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.