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1873 Beers Map of East Hampton, Long Island, New York

EastHampton-beers-1873
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1873 Beers Map of East Hampton, Long Island, New York

EastHampton-beers-1873


Title


East Hampton Suffolk Co. L.I.
  1873 (undated)     10.5 x 15 in (26.67 x 38.1 cm)

Description


A rare example of Fredrick W. Beers' Map of East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Published in 1873, this magnificent map covers the south fork of Long Island from Sag Harbor toe Napeague Harbor and Gardiners Island. Includes the communities of Wainscott, Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Amagansett and Kingston, as well as Acabonack Harbor, North West Harbor and Three Mile Harbor. Beers maps are highly desirable for their superb detail down to the level of individual buildings and household family names. 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


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

Condition


Good condition. Minor verso repairs largley limted to marginal areas. Part of Sag Harbor map on verso.

References


New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527359.