COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission
Date:
1896
Short Title:
(Sheet 3) Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory Compiled from the Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany, N.Y.
Publisher:
Julius Bien & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
86
Obj Width cm:
71
Scale 1:
126,720
State/Province:
New York
Region:
Adirondack Forest Region (New York)
Full Title:
(Sheet 3) Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory Compiled from the Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany, N.Y. By authority of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission. 1896.
List No:
15244.004
Series No:
4
Publication Author:
New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission
Pub Date:
1896
Pub Title:
Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory Compiled from the Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany, N.Y. By authority of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission. 1896.
Pub Note:
"Four quadrant maps of the Adirondack Lands printed in color by the famed lithographer Julius Bien. They are pencil titled on the outside S.E. Corner, S.W. Corner, N.W. corner & N.E. Corner. The map covers the entire Adirondack Mountain region, extending from Saratoga to Plattsburg, and from Lewis County to Lake George and Lake Champlain. When unfolded the four maps are each approx. 37 x 27 inches, and when folded, are loosely inserted in the publishers' green cloth embossed folder w/ ribbon ties, measuring 9 1/4 x 5 1/2". Also includes a copy of a letter dated Aug. 1, 1950 from Edward Markert of So. Amherst, MA to Edward Feldmann the Promotion Coordinator of the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation explaining how he came into possession of the maps and that he was pleased the DEC would potentially use the maps in a display. "Colonel William F. Fox (11 January 1840 – 16 June 1909) was the Superintendent of Forests at the Adirondack Park in New York State. Fox was born in Ballston Spa, New York on January 11, 1840. He graduated from the Engineering Department of Union College in 1860. He fought in the American Civil War as Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel of the 107th New York Volunteers and wrote extensively about his war experiences. His "Chances of Being Hit in Battle" was published by Century Magazine in 1888, In 1889, he published the book Regimental Losses in the American Civil War. He then wrote New York at Gettysburg (three volumes), Slocum and His Men and a biography of General Green. Fox's family was in the lumber business. He visited Germany to study scientific forestry methods there. From 1875 to 1882, he was a private forester for the Blossburg Coal, Mining and Railroad Company in Bossburg, PA. He became a New York State employee in 1885, as assistant secretary to the Forest Commission. He was an Assistant Forest Warden from 1888 to 1891, and became the first Superintendent of Forests upon the creation of the Adirondack Park. His reports as Superintendent of Forests were instrumental in the founding of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell." (Wikipedia). Lithographed by Julius Bien, expert lithographers. "Julius Bien (1826-1909) was an American lithographic printer and cartographer who worked in New York City in the second half of the 19th century. He was responsible for the publication of thousands of maps issued by the U.S. government and private map publishers. He was a pioneer in the development of chromolithography. He is recognized as one of the finest map printers of his time. The Rumsey collection contains over 1,100 maps published by Bien. Although authorship of 19th century maps and atlases is never limited to one person, and most of these cartographic productions list authors other than Bien, it is clear that he had a major role in shaping the final results." (Rumsey Collection). OCLC: 8663686 citing 10 libraries but uncommon in the trade. This edition with each of four sheets measuring approximately 37 x 27 1/2". Relief shown by shading. Cadastral map showing public lands and adjacent private land ownership. Inset: Railroad and county map of northern New York." (Antipodean Books, 2022)
Pub List No:
15244.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
15244004.jp2
Authors:
New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission
