Bibliograph

The measure of Manhattan, the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor, Marguerite Holloway

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The measure of Manhattan, the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor, Marguerite Holloway

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-352) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The measure of Manhattan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

783163517

Responsibility statement

Marguerite Holloway

Sub title

the tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor

Table Of 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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