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Description: The current 5 boroughs of Greater New York as they appeared in 1814. Bronx was in Westchester County, Queens County included modern Nassau County, Kings County had 6 towns, one of which was Brooklyn, and NYC is shown by hatching in lower Manhattan.
Title: 5 boros of NYC in 1814
Credit: I scanned a map from an 1814 atlas.
Author: Matthew Carey, from his General Atlas, Philadelphia, 1814
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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