L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778 : jour que les Américains passerent sur l'Isle de Rode Island par le chemin d'howland's ferry

Ozanne, Pierre, 1737-1813

[1778]

Not drawn to scale

French

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Collection

• Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
• Newport Region (R.I.)--Defenses--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
• Rhode Island (R.I. : Island)--Defenses--Aerial views--Early works to 1800

• Newport
• Newport (county)
• North and Central America
• Rhode Island
• United States

1 ms. view : col. ; 25 x 41 cm.

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• Relief shown pictorially.
• Oriented with north to the left.
• Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt.
• Includes index to defenses and points of interest.
• Note at bottom: Nta. les anglois brulereus ou coulereus a Rode Island, les frigates l'Orphée, le Lark en la flore de 32 canons, le Cerbere en le Faucon de 28 sans parler d'un grand nombre de batiments Marchands.
• Imperfect: Mostly indecipherable pencil annotation on verso.