A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers : wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse

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A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers
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Title:
A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers : wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse
Title (alt.):
Chesapeake Bay
Name on Item:
By an officer
Date:
[1781]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
York (county) > Yorktown
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 41 x 53 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. 1:240,500
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000687
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
Depths shown by soundings.
Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464
Identifier:
ct000189