MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01836cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2012044735
003 DLC
005 20130906081244.0
008 121127t2013 nyuab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2012044735
020 $a9780393071252 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---$an-us-ny
050 00 $aTA533.R37$bH65 2013
082 00 $a526.9092$aB$223
100 1 $aHolloway, Marguerite.
245 14 $aThe measure of Manhattan :$bthe tumultuous career and surprising legacy of John Randel Jr., cartographer, surveyor, inventor /$cMarguerite Holloway.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2013].
264 4 $c©2013
300 $ax, 372 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-352) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: Big Rock -- In Which Reuben Skye Rose-Redwood and J.R. Lemuel Morrison Set Out To Find the Imagined City -- In Which John Randel Jr. Affixes the City to the Island -- In Which Rose-Redwood Surveys the 1811 Grid and Morrison Surveys Today's -- In Which Randel Keeps Seeking the Most Eligible Routes -- In Which Mannahatta Lifts Off -- In Which Is Described "The Ingenuity of the New" -- Epilogue: Randel's Rock.
600 10 $aRandel, John.
600 10 $aRandel, John$xInfluence.
650 0 $aSurveyors$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aManhattan (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSurveying$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCity planning$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCartographers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography.