Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport

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Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport
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Title:
Plan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armée françoise a Newport
Date:
[1780]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Newport (R.I.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Rhode Island (R.I. : Island)--Defenses--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Rhode Island > Newport (county) > Newport
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 53 x 113 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. 1:26,000
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71002156
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Has watermarks.
Relief shown by shading.
Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels.
Oriented with north to the right.
Includes index to defenses.
Note on manuscript label originally mounted on verso: A joindrê à lettre de M. de Rochambeau au Prince de Montbarey datée 19 juillet 1780.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1017
Identifier:
ar101700z