Plan of The Narrows, shewing the channel, shoal, depth of water, and the several battery's proposed on each side to prevent an enemy's sailing up to New York.
Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "Explanation." Vault AACR2
- Date
- 1776
- Place
- New York City
- Scale
- 1:6,000
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 7,325 × 5,060 pixels
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