Redraft of the Castello Plan, New Amsterdam in 1660
Provenance: NYPL Digital Collections
Type: raster
Time Coverage: 1660
License: PublicDomain
Periods: 1664
Source URL: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-7369-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Download: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-7369-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#item-viewer-download
Description
The iconic Castello Plan showing the layout of New Amsterdam (Dutch NYC) circa 1660. Depicts farms, houses, the wall (future Wall Street), Fort Amsterdam, and the canal (future Broad Street). The most important map of Dutch-era Manhattan. From NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division.
Tags
colonial, dutch, castello, new-amsterdam, settlement, fortifications