Sanborn fire insurance maps are a rich source of historic data on the urban built environment of North America during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The atlases were created for the purpose of underwriting fire insurance policies, which depended upon accurate and frequently-updated information about construction materials, municipal and transportation infrastructure, industrial and commercial landuse and more. The Yale University Library Map Department scanned its holdings of Sanborn fire insurance maps (consisting primarily of Connecticut towns) in order to make the maps more accessible.
Alternative Title:
Torrington, Conn. July 1931
Description:
"(1406)", "39 sheets.", Contains information on population, prevailing winds, water facilities and fire department., Includes index of streets and specials., Partial cadastral map., Sheets 2-16, 18-22, and 31-33 at scale 1:600; sheets 17, 23-30, and 34-39 at scale 1:1,200., and SMLMAPL 766 T63 1931: Sheets disbound. Library of Congress copyright stamp on title sheet.
Subject (Geographic):
Torrington (Conn.)--Maps
Subject (Name):
Library of Congress Stamp
Subject (Topic):
Fire risk assessment--Connecticut--Torrington--Maps and Real property--Connecticut--Torrington--Maps
"Amstel. cum priv. D.D. Ord. Holl. et West-Fr.", Appears in various editions of Wit's Atlas., Hand colored in outline., Illustrated hand colored title cartouche; sea decorated with ships., Imperfect: chipped and torn, with some loss of text. Backed with paper., Prime meridian: Ferro., and Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Tenerife. and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800, Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Arabian Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800
America occidentalium indiarum nomine Vulgo celebratissima non i[m]merito Europa Nova appellari posset
Description:
2nd state, with California correctly shown as a peninsula., Appears in Homann's Atlas novus., Prime meridian: Teneriffe., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 50.5 x 62.5 cm. Ms. nos. on verso: 66; 148, America. Franklin Collection 131 1710.
America occidentalium indiarum nomine Vulgo celebratissima non i[m]merito Europa Nova appellari posset
Description:
2nd state, with California correctly shown as a peninsula., Appears in Homann's Atlas novus., Mounted on card stock. Sheet measures 51.7 x 61.4 cm. Cross Collection no. 127., Prime meridian: Teneriffe., and Relief shown pictorially.
America occidentalium indiarum nomine Vulgo celebratissima non i[m]merito Europa Nova appellari posset
Description:
2nd state, with California correctly shown as a peninsula., Appears in Homann's Atlas novus., Mounted on linen. Sheet measures 54.4 x 61 cm. Stamp on verso: Yale University Library, Karpinski-Von Wieser Map Collection., Prime meridian: Teneriffe., and Rel
America occidentalium indiarum nomine Vulgo celebratissima non i[m]merito Europa Nova appellari posset
Description:
2nd state, with California correctly shown as a peninsula., Appears in Homann's Atlas novus., Copy 2: Neat lines measure 47.9 x 57.3 cm. on sheet 54.4 x 61 cm. Ms. no. on verso: 1428., Prime meridian: Teneriffe., and Relief shown pictorially.
America occidentalium indiarum nomine Vulgo celebratissima non i[m]merito Europa Nova appellari posset
Description:
1st state, with California shown as a peninsula., Appears in Homann's Atlas novus., Imperfect: upper right corner mutilated, with some loss of text. Sheet measures 51.6 x 58.9 cm. Ms. note on verso: 6. Cross Collection no. 128., Prime meridian: Teneriffe., and Relief shown pictorially.
