Kashnor notes, "Ratzer's famous plan with the rare view. It is number 41 in Phelps Stokes Iconography. It is the best map of New York at the period, and Stokes states that 'even today much used in searching titles.' Of all the views of New York issued during the eighteenth century this is the finest, and its execution most excellent. There is little doubt that the original view was drawn by Captain Thomas Davies, of the Artillery." "For His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart: Captain General and Governour in Chief, In and Over His Majesty's Province of New York and the Terrtiories depending theron in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This Map of the City of New York and its Environs, Surveyed and Laid Down: Is most Humbly Dedicated, by His Excellency's Most Obed. & Humble Servant, B. Ratzer Lieut. in His Majesty's 60th or Royal American Regt." Vignette: A South West View of the City of New York, Taken from the Governour;s Island at *. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, yards, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 585.
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