[Map of] "The Duke's Plan" [of New York]- A Description of the Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam as it was in September 1661 lying in latitude 40de and 40m, 1664

Item — Folder: 31

Identifier: id149051

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Scope and Contents

English copy of a map made for Dutch authorities which may have been handed over to the English by the last Dutch governor of New York, Pieter Stuyvesant following the surrender of the town in September 1664 and probably accompanied the town's request to the Duke of York (King James II) to agree to be its patron. It is the last map to use the name "New Amsterdam." From Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, by David T. Valentine, 1858 "British Museum November 8/58 - I hereby certify that I have closely examined this copy of a map of the Town of Mannados or New Amsterdam now in the Library of the British Museum and find that it agrees in every respect with the original. - Richard Sims Manuscript Department," handwritten note on map.

Jacques Cortleyou - cartographer

[Facsimile]

in color

62 yds to 1 in

Original located in the King's Topographical Collection, the King's Library, British Museum, London

Subject/Index Terms: New York (NY)--History--Maps.

Dates

Creation: 1664

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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