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Reconnoissance, juillet 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Reconnoissance, juillet 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

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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.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1216
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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AACR2: 440; 651/1

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01/01/1781
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Library of Congress
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