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MapCharles-Town, capitale de la Caroline. "This rudimentary sketch map, Charles-Town, Capitale de la Caroline (Charleston, capital of Carolina), drawn by an unknown French cartographer in 1780, shows the city of Charleston, South Carolina, enclosed by walls with the Ashley River to the left and the Cooper River to the right. Fort Johnson appears at bottom right, guarding the southwest entrance to the harbor. Shute's Folly is the triangular island...- Date: 1780
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MapAmérique campagne. "Amérique, Campagne 1782 (American campaign, 1782) is a compendium of manuscript maps, in pen-and-ink and watercolor, created in 1782, at the end of the Revolutionary War. The maps show the location of the camps of the army of the Comte de Rochambeau, during its march north from Williamsburg, Virginia, to Boston between July and December, 1782. The soldiers marched in four divisions, each a...- Contributor: Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien De Vimeur
- Date: 1782
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Map[Plan d'Amboy. Vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, mai 1780. "The map presented here shows the city and harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the time of the first British siege of Charleston and attack on Fort Sullivan in June 1776. This was the earliest British attempt to capture Charleston during the Revolutionary War, by which General Henry Clinton and Admiral Sir Peter Parker sought to put down the rebellion in the southern colonies....- Date: 1780
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MapMap of Queens Village or Lloyd Neck in Queens County on the north side of Long Island in the Province (now State) of New York. Situated near the parallel of 41 degrees ... "This pen-and-ink manuscript map dating from 1781 is the result of reconnaissance work carried out by American forces during the Revolutionary War and likely was drawn shortly before the start of the Yorktown campaign. The map depicts the terrain, houses, and military fortifications of a small area on the north side of Long Island, in the present-day state of New York. Now called Lloyd...- Date: 1781
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MapQuatre positions de la flotte française et positions de la flotte anglaise. "This pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map dates from 1780. It shows the positions and movements of French and English ships-of-war during an unnamed naval battle off the coast of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. The French vessels are listed by name and associated number on the map; the English vessels are only noted by a generic x. The French ships were part of...- Date: 1780
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Map[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct manner all the mounta]ins, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; ... "This hand-colored map of the Carolinas dating from 1775 is known as the "Mouzon map." Henry Mouzon (circa 1741-circa 1807), mapmaker and civil engineer of Saint Stephen's Parish, was appointed by Governor Lord Charles Greville Montague to survey South Carolina in 1771. Mouzon's map is more detailed and accurate than any previous map of the Carolinas. Extending from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the...- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Mouzon, Henry
- Date: 1775
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MapSiege d'York, 1781. Plan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques et les campemens de l'Armée combinée de France et d'Amérique. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was drawn in 1781 by Querenet de la Combe, a cartographer and lieutenant colonel in the French Royal Corps of Engineers in the army of the French commander, General Rochambeau, during the Revolutionary War. The British had captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered...- Contributor: Querenet De La Combe
- Date: 1781
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MapPlan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie. "This 1781 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map shows the fortifications and houses of Portsmouth, Virginia, at the time of the American Revolution. Portsmouth served as a primary British post and naval base. On July 4, 1781, British general Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) left Williamsburg, Virginia, in order to cross the James River and reach Portsmouth. Once at Portsmouth, the British army loaded onto transports. Cornwallis...- Date: 1781
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MapPortsmouth, New Hampshire. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor made by engineers of the French Army shows the city and harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire as they appeared in the early 1780s. The map is oriented with north to the right. Relief is represented by hachures and shading. The map indicates three ships from the French fleet of Admiral Charles Louis de Ternay, the Pluton, Auguste,...- Date: 1782
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MapPlan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue. "This pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map made by engineers of the French Army shows the city and harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as they appeared in the early 1780s. The map shows part of the fleet of Admiral Charles Louis de Ternay, which brought General Rochambeau and 6,000 troops from France to fight with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War in the United...- Date: 1782
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MapTo His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, "This hand-colored map was created in 1782 by Major Sebastian Bauman of the New York, or Second, Regiment of Artillery, which served in the Revolutionary War under General George Washington, to whom the map is dedicated. It was engraved in Philadelphia by Robert Scot (circa 1744-1823), who in 1793 became the first engraver of the United States Mint. Yorktown, Virginia, had only been occupied...- Contributor: Bauman, Sebastian - Scot, Robert
- Date: 1782
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MapReconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a déterminé géometriquement les principaux points le 22 et le 23 juillet. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was created in July 1781 by a French military cartographer engaged in reconnaissance work during the final stages of the American Revolutionary War. The map is oriented with north to the right. The British captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered an attack on...- Date: 1781
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MapPlan de Portsmouth en Virginie. "This pen-and-ink manuscript map shows Portsmouth, Virginia, at the time of the American Revolution. Portsmouth served as a primary British post and naval base. On July 4, 1781, British general Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) left Williamsburg, Virginia in order to cross the James River at Jamestown and reach Portsmouth. Once at Portsmouth, the British army loaded onto transports. Cornwallis and his men then sailed to...- Date: 1781
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MapNord de l'Ile de New-York. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was probably created in 1781 by a French military cartographer engaged in reconnaissance work during the final stages of the Revolutionary War in the United States. The map is oriented with north to the right. The British captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered...- Date: 1781
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MapEnvirons de New-York, de Long-Island, etc. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was probably created in 1781 by a French military cartographer. The map is oriented with north to the right. The British captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered an attack on New York, but he and the Comte de Rochambeau instead feigned preparations for...- Date: 1781
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Map[Plan de New-York et les environs. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor, most likely made by a French military cartographer in 1781, shows New York and its environs near the conclusion of the American Revolution. The map extends from Yonkers, New York in the north to Staten Island in the south and from New Rochelle, New York in the east to Totowa, New Jersey in the west. The map...- Date: 1781
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MapPlan de la ville de Quebec. "Plan de la ville de Québec (Map of Quebec City) is by cartographer, author, and illustrator Georges-Louis Le Rouge (born 1712), royal geographer to King Louis XV. The map shows the Upper and Lower Towns of Quebec City near the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saint Charles Rivers. It has an index that indicates the location of churches, hospitals, redoubts, gardens, and batteries...- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1755
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MapReconnoissance, juillet, 1781. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was probably created in 1781 by a French military cartographer engaged in reconnaissance work during the final stages of the American Revolutionary War. The map is oriented with north to the right. The British captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered an attack on...- Date: 1781
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Map[Plan de New-York et des îles environnantes. "This hand-drawn map in pen-and-ink and watercolor, probably made in 1781, depicts New York City and its surrounding islands. The map covers the area from Blackwell's Island in the northeast to Red Hook (in present-day Brooklyn) in the south, and includes a street plan of southern Manhattan. The map includes Fort George, towns such as Bedford on western Long Island, roads, ferries, redoubts, some...- Date: 1781
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Map[Plan de la ville, du port, et de la rade de New-port et Rhode Island. Debarquement en 1780. "Plan de la ville, du port, et de la rade de New-port et Rhode Island. Debarquement en 1780 (Map of the city, port, and harbor of Newport and Rhode Island. Landing in 1780) is a manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor. The map is oriented with north to the right. This was a preliminary draft for other French maps of Newport, Rhode Island. The...- Date: 1780
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MapReconnoissance, juillet 1781. "This manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor was probably created in 1781 by a French military cartographer engaged in reconnaissance work during the final stages of the American Revolutionary War. The map is oriented with north to the right. The British captured New York in September 1776. In the summer of 1781, General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, considered an attack on...- Date: 1781
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MapPlan de la ville, port, et rade de Newport, avec une partie de Rhode-Island occupée par l'armée française aux ordres de Mr. Le comte de Rochambeau, et de l'escadre française commandée. "Plan de la ville, port, et rade de Newport, avec une partie de Rhode-Island occupée par l'armée française aux ordres de Mr. Le comte de Rochambeau, et de l'escadre française commandée par Mr. le Chevalier Destouches (Map of the city, port, and harbor of Newport, with part of Rhode Island, occupied by the French army under the command of Monsieur le comte de Rochambeau...- Date: 1780
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MapPlan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport. "Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport (Map of Rhode Island and the position of the French Army in Newport) is a manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor dating from 1780. The map is oriented with north to the right. It shows the plan of defense for Newport, Rhode Island, and its environs during the Revolutionary War. It highlights General Rochambeau's...- Date: 1780
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MapPlan de la position de l'armée françoise autour de Newport et du mouillage de l'escadre dans la rade de cette ville. "Plan de la position de l'armée françoise autour de Newport et du mouillage de l'escadre dans la rade de cette ville (Map of the position of the French Army around Newport and the squadron moored in the harbor of this city) is a manuscript map in pen-and-ink and watercolor of Newport, Rhode Island, during the Revolutionary War. The map is oriented with north to...- Date: 1780
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Book/Printed MaterialModern geography. A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in all parts of the world: including the most recent discoveries, and political alterations: Digested ... "Catalogue of maps, and of books of voyages and travels": v. 2, p. 792-802. Vols. 1 and 2 have supplements containing corrections and additions 1817.- Contributor: Pond, John - Pinkerton, John - Nicolle De La Croix
- Date: 1811