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Reconnoissance, juillet 1781.

Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t oises = 75 mm. 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. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1

Date
1781
Place
New York City
Scale
1:18,400
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
3,776 × 2,967 pixels

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"Reconnoissance, juillet 1781." (1781). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reconnoissance,_juillet_1781._LOC_gm71000994.jpg

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