A version of Bernard Ratzer’s map made by him for the British Government in 1767. A copy of this map appears in Henry R. Stiles’, 1867 book A History of Brooklyn . According to www.geographicus.com, the map was drawn by Henry’s brother Edward...

Bernard Ratzer surveyed the New York City region (including Red Hook, Brooklyn) for the British in 1766-7. His map is the most accurate one known of that time. Initially published in 1770, it was brought to wider attention when Henry Reed Stiles...