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A Description Of The Province And City Of New York: With Plans Of The City And Several Forts As They Existed In The Year 1695

A Description Of The Province And City Of New York: With Plans Of The City And Several Forts As They Existed In The Year 1695

Miller, John

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Canadian HistoryFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354489958
ISBN13: 9789354489952
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into New York before the skyline. Before the streets had settled into certainty. Maps make the past tangible. John Miller's A Description Of The Province And City Of New York is a vivid colonial travel narrative anchored in rare, on-the-ground observation of New York 1695. Written with the practical eye of a visitor and recorder, it captures the texture of 17th century New York: its settlement patterns, strategic concerns, and the lived realities of a port city on the edge of empire. The inclusion of historic city plans and details of New York fortifications turns this into more than a narrative; it is an antique map book in spirit, a window onto early Manhattan history that rewards slow reading and close looking. For collectors of a colonial America map collection, it offers the pleasure of place rendered with intent. For readers newly curious about colonial New York history, it delivers immediacy without modern filter. As a primary source for historians, it strengthens research in genealogy and local history, offering period perspective that helps ground family stories, neighbourhood questions, and broader interpretations of colonial urban life. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. An illustrated facsimile edition of a foundational document, it belongs on the shelf of anyone drawn to the origins of the city and the enduring fascination of maps as memory.

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