A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia : shewing the works erected by the British forces for its defence, 1781

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A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia
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Item Information

Title:
A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia : shewing the works erected by the British forces for its defence, 1781
Creator:
Stratton, James, (Engineer)
Name on Item:
Copied from the original of Lieut. Stratton, engineer
Date:
1782
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Virginia--Portsmouth--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Harbors--Virginia--Portsmouth--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Portsmouth (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Portsmouth (independent city)
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 93 x 63 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:95,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000689
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
Relief shown by shading.
Identifier:
ar145700