1670 A brief description of New York by Daniel Denton - 1973

York Westvaco Corporation Christmas 1973, 1973. Westvaco Corporation Christmas 1973 (1973). Black cloth over boards. Mint, as new. Slipcase Near Mint,top left corner slight closed tear./Slipcase Near Mint. Daniel Denton
Daniel Denton was an early American colonist. Denton led an expedition into the interior of northern New Jersey. He was one of the purchasers of what is known as the Elizabethtown Tract in 1664, in the area of present day Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1670 he wrote the first English-language description of the area. Denton's work was the first English account intended to promote settlement of the region recently seized from the Dutch. It is of particular interest for 1) its description of the geographic and topographic features of the region from Albany in the north to the mouth of. This Limited Edition of A Brief Deacription of New York, 1670 by Daniel Denton is Published by Weatvaco Corporation. Mint, as new. Slipcase Near Mint,top left corner slight closed tear. It is designedby Bradbury Thompson. The slipcase and the sheet designs and the frontispiece picture, entitled Nien Amsterdam at New York, are details of engrvings fromthe Orbis Habitabilis ofCarolus Allard , 1673. From the New York Public Library.