Reconnoissance, juillet 1781

[1781]

Scale ca. 1:18,400

French

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Collection

• New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Hell Gate
• New York
• New York (county)
• North and Central America
• United States

1 manuscript map : hand color, on sheet 31 x 39 cm.

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• Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor et Buchanan.
• Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
• Has watermarks.
• Oriented with north to the right.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Shows fortifications on "Isle de New York" in vicinity of Hell Gate.