Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, under Sir George Collyer : against the division of Massachusetts troops acting against Fort Castine, August 1779; with full soundings up to the present site of Bangor

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Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, under Sir George Collyer
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Title:
Penobscot River and Bay, with the operations of the English fleet, under Sir George Collyer : against the division of Massachusetts troops acting against Fort Castine, August 1779; with full soundings up to the present site of Bangor
Title (alt.):
Fort Castine
Date:
[1779?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Penobscot Expedition, 1779--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Penobscot Bay Region (Me.)--Defenses--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Maine > Penobscot (bay)
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 46 x 146 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. 1:46,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000698
Notes:
Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Has watermarks.
Oriented with north to the right.
Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 840
Identifier:
ar084000z