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A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey : with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, shewing also the landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the taking of the city of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the subsequent disposition of both the armies
- Title
- A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey : with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, shewing also the landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the taking of the city of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the subsequent disposition of both the armies / engraved & publish'd by Wm. Faden.
- Author
- Faden, William, 1750?-1836.
- Publication
- London : Wm. Faden, 1776.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 97-6168 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 1 map : hand col.; 48 x 42 cm. on sheet 75 x 50 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 807.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Subjects
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
- Shows information to Sept. 26, 1776.
- " ... to be had of Mess. Wallis and Stonehouse, Booksellers, Ludgate-Street."
- Highlight coloring of red for British troops and green for American.
- Watermark.
- Includes "References to the battle on Long Island" and text in lower margin, "An account of the taking of the city of New York, by His Majesty's forces, on the 15th of September, 1776."
- Distinguished from earlier states by new labelling, "The Heights of Guana" on Long Island; distinguished from later states by lack of "Fort Washington" (N.Y.) and "Fort Independence" (N.J.).
- Indexed In (note)
- Stevens & Tree
- Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6168
- OCLC
- 38369306
- Author
- Faden, William, 1750?-1836.
- Title
- A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey : with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, shewing also the landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the taking of the city of New-York &c. on the 15th of September following, with the subsequent disposition of both the armies / engraved & publish'd by Wm. Faden.
- Imprint
- London : Wm. Faden, 1776.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:85,000].
- Indexed In:
- Stevens & Tree, 41c
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6168 [LHS 807]