Research Catalog

Title

Plan of West Point

Author

Villefranche, Jean Louis Ambroise de Genton, chevalier de, active 18th century

Publication

[New York, N.Y.?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1880 and 1899]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923.
• United States Military Academy.

Description

1 map; 32 x 46 cm, on sheet 33 x 47 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US181.3.05

Subjects

• Maps
• West Point (N.Y.) > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Facsimiles
• New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles
• Fortification > New York (State) > West Point > Maps > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Facsimiles.

Note

• Shows fortifications, roads, buildings, chain across the Hudson River, and the 1st, 2nd, and outpost lines.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Oriented with north to the upper right.
• History of map in upper right conner. Original was persented to the U.S. Military Academy in 1869.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Source (note)

• Stuyvesant Fish;

Linking Entry (note)

• Facsimile of a map by major Villefranche, found among the papers of Gen. Washington.

Call Number

Map Div. 16-744

OCLC

952612388

Author

Villefranche, Jean Louis Ambroise de Genton, chevalier de, active 18th century, cartographer.

Title

Plan of West Point

Publisher

[New York, N.Y.?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1880 and 1899]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:19,200 (W 74°04ʹ--W 73°54ʹ/N 41°24ʹ--N 41°17ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 593, column 3, row 6

Linking Entry

Facsimile of a map by major Villefranche, found among the papers of Gen. Washington.

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy have manuscript notation on verso: "presented by Stuyvesant Fish."

Source

Gift; Stuyvesant Fish; Feb 7, 1911

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923.

United States Military Academy.

Related To

Villefranche, Jean Louis Ambroise de Genton, chevalier de, active 18th century. Plan of West Point 1780. (OCoLC)166645142

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-744