Historical Maps of New York City
This was the land of the Lenape people in the 16th century, when the first European explorers visited the region. At the beginning of the 17th century the Dutch West India Company decided to establish a trading post in Manatūs (Manhattan). The first families arrived in 1624 and later the Dutch settlement was named New Amsterdam.
In 1674, the English took control of the city and renamed it New York. After the Independence War (1775–83), New York was established as the capital of the United States of America. In 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the nation. New York also hosted the first meeting of Congress and the first sessions of the Supreme Court. In 1790, the nation's capital was transferred to Philadelphia.
Historical Maps and Panoramas of New York City
1639 - Map of New York region - Noort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt
1639 - Map of New York Region, Manatūs by Joan Vinckeboons
1650 - Novum Amsterodamum, Arnoldus Montanus
1661 - Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam
1664 - Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons
1695 - Map of New York attributed to John Miller
1729 - Plan of New York surveyed by James Lyne
1730 - Neu Jorck sive Neu Amsterdam, Matthaeus Seutter
1730 - New York, the English Colonial City, issued in 1909
1736 - View of Fort George with the City of New York
1752 - New York and Perthamboy Harbour, by Emanuel Bowen
1767 - View of the City of New York from the Governors Island
1776 - Plan of the city and environs of New York
1776 - New York Island, part of Long Island, Staten I. & east NJ
1789 - Plan of the City of New York, John McComb
1798 - View of New York from Brooklyn Heights
1800 - Skyline of New York from Long Island by John Wood
1807 - Plan of New York, from log book kept by Major Kirkham
1823 - New York from Heights Near Brooklyn by John Hill
1834 - Panorama of New York, illustration by Robert Burford
1835 - Map of the Great Fire of New York City
1836 - New York from Brooklyn Heights, after John William Hill
1840 - Panoramic view of New York from Hudson River
1844 - Southern Manhattan from East River by Robert Havell
1848 - Broadway, Panoramic View from St. Paul’s Church
1848 - New York from Williamsburg, Foreman and Brown
1848 / 1849 - New York by Edward B. Purcell
1849 - New York City, looking south by C. Bachman
1850 - Bird's eye view of New-York & Brooklyn by John Bachmann
1850s - City of New York & Brooklyn from Williamsburg, J.F. Hesse
1850s - Panoramic View of New York & Brooklyn, William Simpson
1851 - City of New York, illustration by Heine, J. Kummer & Döpler
1853 - Brooklyn seen from Manhattan, John William Hill
1854 - Panorama of Manhattan Island by John Bornet
1855 - Empire City, Birdseye View of New York and Environs
1855 - Lower Manhattan and East River by Charles Mottram
1856 - City of New York, illustration by Charles Parsons
1856 - New York & Brooklyn from Williamsburg
1859 - New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg - John Bachmann
1859 - New York in a Globe by John Bachmann
1865 - Bird's Eye View of New York and Environs, John Bachmann
1866 - Plan of New York City, Mitchell's New General Atlas
1866 - Panorama of New York and Vicinity by John Bachmann
1870 - Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Projected Bridge
1870 - Business Portion of New York City, below Madison Square
1873 - Panorama of New York, Ferd. Mayer & Sons
1873 - Bird's-eye View of New York, George Schlegel
1873 - Central Park in a Panorama of New York, George Schlegel
1874 - Panorama of the City of New York by John Bachmann
1875 - New York & Brooklyn from Jersey City, Parsons / Atwater
1876 - City of New York, Parsons & Atwater
1879 - New York, illustration by J. W. Williams
1879 - City of Brooklyn by G.R. Parsons
1880s - City of New York, panorama, L.W. Schmidt
1883 - City of New York, panorama, Currier & Ives
1884 - City of New York, bird's-eye-view, Currier & Ives
1889 - New York, panorama of the City, Parsons & Atwater
1898 - Harbor of the City of New York, L. Graham
1899 - Pictorial Description of Broadway, Mail & Express Company
1900 - Manhattan Skyline, from Park Row to Bowling Green
1902 - Skyline of New York by Irving Underhill
1903 - Aerial image of New York by Richard Rummell
1905 - Greater New York, illustration by Charles Hart
1906 - Lower Manhattan from balloon, P.F. Collier & Son
1908 - Manhattan Skyline from Jersey City
1909 - New York City photographed from a balloon
1910 - Manhattan Skyline from Jersey City
1911 - Fifth Avenue from Start to Finish by Welles & Co.
1915 - Aerial image of Lower Manhattan, M.J. Connors
1921 - New York Skyline from Jersey City, photograph
1922 - Aerial photograph of Manhattan
1924 - Aerial photo of the Southern Tip of Manhattan
1930 - Aerial Photograph of Southern Manhattan
1931 - Skyline Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn
1932 - Photograph of Midtown Manhattan, Aerial Explorations
1933 - Looking north from the Empire State Building, photograph
1945 - North Manhattan, view from Empire State Building
1990s - Aerial photos of New York City
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Fragment of the Nova Totivs Americæ Descriptio by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, published in 1660, in Amsterdam. It shows the Dutch territory of New Netherland (Nieu Nederland), the French territory New France (Nova Francia), to the north, and the English territory of Virginia, to the south. In New Netherland we can see both New Amsterdam (Nieu Amsterdam) and Manhattan (Manhattans) indicated.
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