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Map Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport.

About this Item

Title

  • Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport.

Created / Published

  • [1780]

Headings

  • -  Newport (R.I.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Rhode Island (R.I. : Island)--Defenses--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Newport
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Rhode Island (Island)

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:26,000.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Has watermarks.
  • -  Relief shown by shading.
  • -  Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Includes index to defenses.
  • -  Note on manuscript label originally mounted on verso: A joindrê à lettre de M. de Rochambeau au Prince de Montbarey datée 19 juillet 1780.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1017
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 440; 651/1

Medium

  • col. map 53 x 113 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3774.N4S3 1780 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71002156

Online Format

  • image

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