L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778 : jour que les Américains passerent sur l'Isle de Rode Island par le chemin d'howland's ferry


L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778
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Title:
L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778 : jour que les Américains passerent sur l'Isle de Rode Island par le chemin d'howland's ferry
Creator:
Ozanne, Pierre, 1737-1813
Date:
[1778]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Newport Region (R.I.)--Defenses--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Rhode Island (R.I. : Island)--Defenses--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Places:
Rhode IslandNewport (county)Newport
Extent:
1 ms. view : col. ; 25 x 41 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:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/2010589350
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Oriented with north to the left.
Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt.
Includes index to defenses and points of interest.
Note at bottom: Nta. les anglois brulereus ou coulereus a Rode Island, les frigates l'Orphée, le Lark en la flore de 32 canons, le Cerbere en le Faucon de 28 sans parler d'un grand nombre de batiments Marchands.
Imperfect: Mostly indecipherable pencil annotation on verso.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
ct003218