Old Birdseye Map of New York by Root & Tinkler, 1879: Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Battery Park, Broadway, East River japanese art enhancing its practical value for

enhancing its practical value for navigation

Whether you're a seasoned cartographer

making it not only a functional document but also a piece of art

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Painted in moody twilight tones

Old Birdseye Map of New York by Root & Tinkler, 1879: Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Battery Park, Broadway, East River japanese art enhancing its practical value forThe City of New York, issued in 1879, is a tour de force birds eye view by Root & Tinkler, conceived as a promotional panorama for Rogers, Peet & Co., and printed by George Mathers Sons Inks. Sweeping over Manhattan and a slice of Brooklyn, it arrays thousands of rooftops, chimneys, and steeples in meticulous perspective, with the islands waterfronts bristling with masts and smokestacks. As a city map, it is unusually revealing: an advertising piece