About this title: The Historical Atlas of New York City, second edition, takes us, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, through four hundred years of Gotham's rich past, describing such crucial events as the city's initial settlement of 270 people in thirty log houses; John Jacob Astor's meteoric rise from humble fur trader to the richest most powerful man in the city; and the fascinating ethnic mixture that is modern Queens. The full-colour maps, charts, photographs, drawings, and mini-essays of this encyclopaedic volume also trace the historical development and cultural relevance of such iconic New York ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 2005-07-01
ISBN-13:9780805078428ISBN:0805078428
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780805078428ISBN:0805078428
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Description: A New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book The rich and eminently browsable visual guide to the history of New York, in an all-new second edition "The Historical Atlas of New York City, " second edition, takes us, neighborhood by neighborhoo... read more
"I know that I'm not a good book reviewer. I wish I knew how to express what it is that this book does not do in visualizing various historical information about NYC that I want it to do. Sigh.
Its text is very uninspired, to say the least.
The maps look good, they just aren't telling compelling stories. Maybe the problem is that they don't tell stories at all, rather leaning on the text to tell the story while the maps just represent some attribute topically related without being explanatory. Sigh."
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