Tuttle: Historic Maps of Staten Island 8i 



Public Library are thought to have been published in 1710 and 

 1725. Philip Lea the maker was a geographer of prominence in 

 his day, and published quite a number of maps dating from 1655 

 to 1700. 



This map shows Perth City, which was the name given to the 

 present Perth Amboy.in 1684. The map could not have been 

 made before this date, neither could it have originated many 

 years later, for the name of Perth was soon lost by joining with it 

 the name of the point. 



The proprietaries of Perth expected to make a great city and 

 the Surveyor General wrote home in 1683 that " workmen are 

 scarce and many of them base ; if no help comes it will be long 

 ere Amboy be built as London is." 



The settlement Wels on the map probably refers to Philip 

 Wells land which was surveyed in 1680. The villages of Old 

 Towne and New Towne are shown, as well as the Billop property. 

 Dover, which appears on quite a number of maps, probably all 

 copied from this, seems to be an error, as no other evidence of 

 a town of this name is to be found; possibly Stony Brook is 

 intended. 



The Hudson River here appears as Hudson's River and Achter 

 Col has been changed to Attrual Bay. 



No. 8. New York and Perth Amboy Harbor in a Map of 

 the British Empire in North America, by Henry 

 Popple, London, 1733. 



This is taken from Popple's great map issued in 20 sheets under 

 the patronage of the Lords of Trade. It seems to be original, 

 having little in common with previous maps. Old errors have 

 vanished and a peculiar one has been introduced; thus Billop on 

 the previous map becomes Bill or Point on this. 



It will be noticed that Staten Island is shown as a part of 

 New Jersey. 



