Copy of Ratzer’s Map of Colonial New York Auctioned for $150,000 – The Map Room

Copy of Ratzer’s Map of Colonial New York Auctioned for $150,000

Published on 4 July 20184 July 2018 by Jonathan Crowe

Plan of the City of New York, in North America, 1776. Map, 123 × 89 cm. New York Public Library.

A 1776 map of New York City sold at auction in New York last April for $150,000, the Daily Mail reported at the time. The map is the second edition of the more famous, and rare, 1770 map showing the work of surveyor Bernard Ratzer. It was published in England, and was apparently put to use by British officers during the American Revolution. The New York Public Library’s copy has been digitized and is available online. [WMS]

Previously: Map of Colonial New Jersey Rediscovered.

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