Carte de la campagne de la division aux ordres du Mis. de St. Simon en Virginie depuis le 2 7bre. 1781 jusq-a la reddition d'Yorck le 19 8bre. meme année

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Carte de la campagne de la division aux ordres du Mis. de St. Simon en Virginie depuis le 2 7bre. 1781 jusq-a la reddition d'Yorck le 19 8bre. meme année
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Title:
Carte de la campagne de la division aux ordres du Mis. de St. Simon en Virginie depuis le 2 7bre. 1781 jusq-a la reddition d'Yorck le 19 8bre. meme année
Description:
Anonymous map of the Yorktown and Williamsburg regions on the Virginia Peninsula possibly compiled by a French engineer named D'Aboville serving under General Claude Anne de Rouvroy, Marquis de Saint-Simon Montblern; see historian Martha McCartney's email correspondence of June 2005 (filed in the Newberry Library Map Information File.) Shows troop movements made between July 2 and October 8, 1781 in coordination with American forces against the British army during the Yorktown siege. Map legend keyed to sites 1-12 and A-Q. Identifies camps, fortifications, and earthworks. Topographic detail includes wooded areas, cultivated fields, individual buildings, and roads. Includes inset view of Yorktown (113 x 248 mm.)
Contributor:
D'Aboville, fl. 1781
Date:
1781
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Newberry Library
Collection (local):
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection
Subjects:
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps
Yorktown Region (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Williamsburg Region (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Yorktown (Va.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Saint Simon, Claude Anne, Duc de, 1740-1819
Places:
Virginia > York (county) > Yorktown
Extent:
1 ms. map : hand col. ; 422 x 673 mm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:43,500]
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991447198805867
Notes:
Relief shown by shading and hachures.
Pen-and-ink, watercolor and wash (green, blue, brown, yellow); sectioned into 8 panels, mounted on cloth.
Call #:
Ayer MS map 238 (NLO)