1873 Beers Map of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City

Rockaway-beers-1873
$150.00
Far Rockaway, Town of Hempstead. / Westville or North West Point, Town ofHempstead, Queens Co. L.I. / Rockaway. - Main View
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1873 Beers Map of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City

Rockaway-beers-1873

$150.00

Title


Far Rockaway, Town of Hempstead. / Westville or North West Point, Town ofHempstead, Queens Co. L.I. / Rockaway.
  1873 (undated)     14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

Description


A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers' map parts of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. Published in 1873. Covers from Rockaway beach north to Jamaica Bay. Map of Westville or North West Point and Rockaway on verso. Detailed to the level of individual properties and buildings with land owners noted. This is probably the finest atlas map of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, to appear in the 19th century. Prepared by Beers, Comstock & Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York.

Cartographer


The Beers family (Fredrick, Silas, James and Daniel) (fl. c. 1850 - 1886), along with Charles and Augustus Warner, were prominent map publishers working from the 1850s to the late 1880s. Often publishing under the Warner & Beers designation, the combined firms produced a series of important state and county atlases and map of much of the northeastern United States. Many of their regional maps are among the most detailed and well laid out maps ever produced of their respective regions. Because Warner & Beers county maps were often detailed down to the individual homes and landowners, they have become highly sought after by general and family historians. In additional to producing maps of surpassing detail, Warner & Beers also maintained an earlier generation's attention to detail and quality while publishing in an era ever increasingly dominated by the low cost printing methods used by the publishing empires of Rand McNally and George Cram. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Atlas of Long Island, New York. From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F. W. Beers. (1873 First Edition).    

Condition


Very good condition. Map on verso.

References


New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527307.