Map of the country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York
Dated 1828
John Hartshorne Eddy (1783-1817) (designed and drawn by)
Peter Maverick (1780-1831) (engraver)
Engraved on bank note paper
22” x 22”
Known as the “Eddy Map” this is an extremely rare and important circular map of New York City and vicinity, dated 1823. The map covers the city area in a roughly 30 mile radius of Manhattan. This map is one of the most complete, accurate and beautiful early engraved maps showing New York and its environs. Numerous family names and homesteads are noted, as are towns, toll booths, canals, roads, proposed roadways, swamps, hills, forests, mineral deposits, bridges and ferries.
John Eddy, a mapmaker with a number of important New York maps and surveys to his credit, first issued this map in 1812, with the engraving credited to Peter Maverick. He died in 1817, but in 1828 the original plate was revised by William Hooker and published by the firm of Blunt. This is the second edition of the Eddy map, published in guide format in 1828 by Hooker and Blunt. Between the first (1811) and second (1828) editions, both of which were engraved by Peter Maverick, there are a number of minor revisions. An elaborate dedication in the upper right hand corner reads, To His Excellency Dewitt Clinton Governor of the State of New York. This map is inscribed by his respectful friend, the Author. Dewitt Clinton was the sixth governor of New York State and sponsored many of the most important early mappings of the state. He died in 1828, the same year this map was published - though the dedication was also present in the 1811 edition. Subsequent editions of this map removed the dedication. The first and second editions are the most highly regarded and seldom appear on the market.
John Hartshorne Eddy (1783-1817) (designed and drawn by)
Peter Maverick (1780-1831) (engraver)
Engraved on bank note paper
22” x 22”
Known as the “Eddy Map” this is an extremely rare and important circular map of New York City and vicinity, dated 1823. The map covers the city area in a roughly 30 mile radius of Manhattan. This map is one of the most complete, accurate and beautiful early engraved maps showing New York and its environs. Numerous family names and homesteads are noted, as are towns, toll booths, canals, roads, proposed roadways, swamps, hills, forests, mineral deposits, bridges and ferries.
John Eddy, a mapmaker with a number of important New York maps and surveys to his credit, first issued this map in 1812, with the engraving credited to Peter Maverick. He died in 1817, but in 1828 the original plate was revised by William Hooker and published by the firm of Blunt. This is the second edition of the Eddy map, published in guide format in 1828 by Hooker and Blunt. Between the first (1811) and second (1828) editions, both of which were engraved by Peter Maverick, there are a number of minor revisions. An elaborate dedication in the upper right hand corner reads, To His Excellency Dewitt Clinton Governor of the State of New York. This map is inscribed by his respectful friend, the Author. Dewitt Clinton was the sixth governor of New York State and sponsored many of the most important early mappings of the state. He died in 1828, the same year this map was published - though the dedication was also present in the 1811 edition. Subsequent editions of this map removed the dedication. The first and second editions are the most highly regarded and seldom appear on the market.