Map of Kings County N.Y. - Public domain vintage map
Summary
Shows Kings County consisting of the City of Brooklyn and 6 rural towns (townships) with property lines and names of owners of some property tracts.
Shows radial distances from City Hall (Brooklyn).
Depths shown by contours and soundings.
Hand colored to distinguish city wards (numbered) and town territories.
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by M. Dripps in the ... Southern District of New York."
LC copy imperfect: Laminated, mounted on cloth backing.
LC Land ownership maps, 508
Includes embellished map border (vines with florets).
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Tags
Date
01/01/1868
Contributors
Dripps, M. (Matthew)
J. & R. McLellan (Firm)
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain