Historic Map : Burr Map of New York, 1832, Vintage Wall Art

A nice example of David H. Burr's 1832 first edition map of New York State. Includes Lake Ontario. The southern end of the state including Long Island in depicted in an inset in the lower left quadrant of the map. The map is detailed with important roads, rivers, towns, islands and other topographical features noted throughout. Elevation is rendered by hachure.

According to Ristow, although Burr is credited on the title page, he left this atlas incomplete. He was appointed as topographer to the U.S. Post Office, and of the siin xty-three maps finally included in this atlas, only completed eight. The rest of the maps were then completed by Illman and Pilbrow in Burr's style. This map was ‘Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1832 by David H. Burr in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York', but not published until the atlas was released in 1835. Published by D. S. Stone in Burr's New Universal Atlas.