Title

Northern End of Palisades, Hudson River', c1897.

Caption

'Northern End of Palisades, Hudson River', c1897. The Palisades, are a line of steep basalt cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River, they appear on the first European map of the New World, made by Gerardus Mercator in 1541. From "A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co., London, c1897]

Date

1897

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F13_094

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78,9Mb (3,2Mb) / 20,0in x 15,4in / 5990 x 4606 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph landscape exterior outdoors river scenic north woods woodland wood arts New York MID-ATLANTIC country science geology book geological view geography Central America dramatic northern cliff cliffs New World direction scenery location century vista literature concept riverbank basalt B&W new york state MONOCHROME Hudson River region United States of America palisades Day 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector geographical feature TGN copyspace Palisade Rocks outside photograph landscape united states Unknown Cromwell George Co Gerardus Mercator Mercator George Cromwell Professor George Cromwell Professor George R Cromwell George R Cromwell Tour Through the New World America George R Geo R Cromwell CN Greig & Co CN Greig & Gerardus