அமெரிக்கா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் மிச Ou ரி News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from அமெரிக்கா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் மிச ou ரி. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In அமெரிக்கா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் மிச Ou ரி Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Panorama of Manhattan Island, City of New York and Environs.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps


  1854 (undated)    
Description
John Bornet presents a sweeping panoramic bird s-eye view of New York City on the cusp of its monumental expansion northwards in the second half of the 19th century. The view looks east on Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn from a high point to the west of Hoboken, New Jersey. Bornet purports to have drawn the view from nature , likely from Bergen Hill, New Jersey, a popular high point used by other viewmakers of the period.
Looking at the ViewThe view contrasts a rural and pastoral foreground with the bustling metropolis of New York City, which itself fades to green north of today s 42nd street. Bornet plays with exaggerated vertical contrast to highlight New York s many soaring church steeples, as well as the Latting Observatory, then the tallest building in New York, and New York Crystal Palace in modern day Bryant Park, both constructed for the 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. Ships of both sail and steam, fil ....

New York , United States , New York Public Library , New Jersey , France General , City Of New York , Hudson River , New York Historical Society , City Of , United Kingdom , San Francisco , Museum Of The City New York , Isle Of Wight , Great Lawn , Bryant Park , Manhattan Island , Gloria Gilda , Vincent Imberti , Bergen Hill , Henry Rittner , Louis Nagel , John Bornet , Charlesc Kuchel , Adam Weing , Seneca Villagealthough , Jean Baptiste Michel Adolphe Goupil ,

Bar Harbor Mt. Desert Island.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps


  1886 (dated)    
Description
A rare and highly unusual 1886 bird s-eye view of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. This view was drawn and published to publicize the rebuilding of the Green Mountain Hotel (following a fire) and the inauguration of the Green Mountain Railroad - here visible at the summit of Cadillac Mountain. The view looks southwest on Bar Harbor from a hypothetical point somewhere above Sheep Porcupine Island. Bar Island appears in the lower right. From a convergence near the old ferry terminal, Bar Harbor s two main commercial arteries (then, as now), Main Street and West Street, radiate outward. Perspective has been exaggerated to emphasize the verticality of Cadillac Mountain, Champlain Mountain, and Eliot Mountain - the three peaks nearest to Bar Harbor. This unusual exaggeration of the vertical perspective also serves to uniquely emphasize the Green Mountain Hotel and Railroad, on the peak of Cadillac Mountain, which, although techn ....

New York , United States , Bar Island , Hudson River , Rhode Island , Acadia National Park , Harbor Bar , Bar Harbor , Bass Harbor , Sheep Porcupine Island , Green Mountain , Champlain Mountain , Eagle Lake , Cadillac Mountain , Mount Desert Island , Eliot Mountain , Chisholm Mount , Georgeh Walker , Oscarw Walker , Tressie Lee Wellman , Francis Hector Clergue , Georgew Morris , Woodrow Wilson , Moses Foster Sweetser , Georgew Walker , Richard Eden ,