Historic Map : Harpers Weekly View or Map of New York City from a Balloon, 1871, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Northeastern Germany "Saxony

Northeastern Germany "Saxony

This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving

for instance

is still rather vague

Historic Map : Harpers Weekly View or Map of New York City from a Balloon, 1871, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Northeastern Germany "SaxonyA spectacular 1871 view of Manhattan issued in the May 6th supplement edition of Harper's Weekly Magazine. To quote from the document itself: In studying this pictorial map the spectator is supposed to be stationed somewhere in mid air above Fort Hamilton, at the outlet of the [Verrazano] Narrows, from which convenient height he can cast his eye of all the century lying with a radius of eighteen miles of New York. In the center he will see the great