NARRAGANSETT BAY containing Rhode Island &c

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1776]

[producer not identified]

Scale approximately 1:24,000

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Rhode Island--Narragansett Bay--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Rhode Island--Narragansett Bay--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Narragansett Bay (R.I.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Bristol (county)
• Narragansett Bay
• North and Central America
• Rhode Island
• United States

1 map on 2 sheets : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 134 x 97 cm, on sheets 67 x 99 cm

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• Date attributed based on information shown on map; "Here the British Troops Landed 8.th Dec.r 1776"
• Title from verso
• Compare other manuscript maps of Narragansett Bay: the unattributed "[Map of Narragansett Bay]" (Add Ms 57,715.3.), "A map of the bay of Narraganset with the islands therein and part of the country adjacent" held by the Library of Congress (Call Number G3772.N3 1777 .B49) and by Charles Blaskowitz, and "[Narragansett Bay and the surrounding shores]" held by the William L. Clements Library (Maps 3-J-7 / Clinton Maps 58 - see Brun 275) and by Thomas Wheeler
• Relief is shown by shading
• Shows scale bars at lower in yards and miles
• Shows roads
• Shows some military fortifications.
• Copy at Add Ms 27,716.1-2. Comprises two separate sheets, both laid on linen. Manuscript inscription in black ink at upper right shows "Presented by Colonel Sir Augustus Frazer K.C.B. R.A." - both sheets. Green circular label to verso (both sheets) showing "14". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Manuscript addition in pencil to verso (both sheets) showing "A 30/91". Titles to verso and additional "Rhode Island". Stamped in black ink "ADD. MS. 57,716(1)" and "ADD. MS. 57,716(2)".