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The measure of Manhattan : the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor / Marguerite Holloway.
Authors:
Holloway, Marguerite.
Material type:
Biography
Subject:
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Surveyors -- United States -- Biography.
Surveying -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Randel, John.
Randel, John -- Influence.
Language:
English
Publisher:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2013.
Description:
x, 372 pages : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780393071252
0393071251
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Big Rock -- In Which Reuben Skye Rose-Redwood and J.R. Lemuel Morrison Set Out To Find the Imagined City -- In Which John Randel Jr. Affixes the City to the Island -- In Which Rose-Redwood Surveys the 1811 Grid and Morrison Surveys Today's -- In Which Randel Keeps Seeking the Most Eligible Routes -- In Which Mannahatta Lifts Off -- In Which Is Described "The Ingenuity of the New" -- Epilogue: Randel's Rock.
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St. Charles
526.9 HOL
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Adult Collection