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Castello Plan

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Title

Castello Plan

Subject

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Dutch Americans
Economic history--1600-1750

Description

Map of New Amsterdam based on an original that has since been lost, which was created in 1660 by Jacques Cortelyou who served as Surveyor General of the early Dutch colony.

Creator

Unidentified Artist

Source

New York Public Library Digital Collection

Date

1665 - 1670

Contributor

Tracy McFarlan and Kaitlyn Tanis

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPG

Language

Dutch

Coverage

New Netherland (1609 - 1664)

Map Item Type Metadata

Citation

New Amsterdam. Map. 1659. From Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello_Plan#/media/File:CastelloPlanOriginal.jpg. (accessed November 2016).

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Citation

Unidentified Artist, “Castello Plan,” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/5.

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