1911 William Fox Edward Codwise (1 results)

Good condition. Reinforced splitting at some folds and fold junctures. One tear, from top extending about 3 inches into the map, closed and repaired on verso. Original boards separate. Size noted is for the complete joined map as pictured. Individual sheets measure 15 x 45.5 inches. Size 45 x 45.5 Inches. This is the Edward B. Codwise revised 1911 edition of the William Fox map of the Catskill Forest Preserve. It was produced by the New York State Fisheries, Game, and Forest Commission under the supervision of the civil engineer Edward B. Codwise. This mammoth map, printed to three sheets (joinable), is centered on Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster Counties in New York State, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It shows the boundaries of counties, towns, and individual tracts of land within those counties, with areas of forest reserve highlighted in red. Water routes, roads and railroads are also detailed; streets are named. Mountains are shown pictorially in hachure. Determining the Limits of the Forest Preserve Following the 1885 establishment of the Adirondacks and Catskills as 'Forever Wild' forest preserves, the New York State Legislature established a Forest Commission to maintain care and control of the new parks. At the first meeting of this commission, no tabulation of the state-owned lands thus protected existed. In 1893, the State budgeted $1000 for 'examination of title and survey of lands owned by the state on Slide Mountain in Ulster County and other parts of the Catskills.' These surveys resulted in the 'official maps and field notes' thus compiled in the present map. Publication History and Census This map was first issued in 1899 under the title Map of Lands Belonging to the Forest Preserve situated in the Counties of Delaware Greene Sullivan and Ulster . The present edition was updated and revised by Edward B. Codwise for published in 1911. This print was completed by the Matthews Northrup Company. We find just 4 examples of this edition in OCLC. References: OCLC 11311991 (Fox Edition), 435530290 (Codwise Edition).