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A representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse

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Creator	Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Contributor	Graves, Thomas Graves, 1725?-1802
Date	[1784]
Publisher	[s.n.]
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:400,000]
Language	English
Location	George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)	Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects	Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps--Early works to 1800 Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--History--18th century--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Chesapeake Bay North and Central America United States Virginia York (county) Yorktown
Extent	1 map : 31 x 38 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay between Capes Henry and Charles. Includes "extract from the minutes of the general signals," observations, and references. Table: [Number of ships, guns, and men] -- [English captains and ships]. From "Political magazine" 6 (1784).