File:A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey - with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and NYPL433997.tiff
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[edit]| Description | A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey : with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, shewing also the landing of the British Army on New-York Island, and the taking of the city of New-York &c.; on the 15th of September following, with the subsequent disposition of both the armies / engraved & publish'd by ... Wm. Faden. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Appears in the author's North American atlas. Note 2.) Emmet Collection ; 8094. Note 3.) In this edition most northerly place is now "Fort". "Fort Washington" is shown about three inches down from the head of New-York Island. Note 4.) Includes "References to the battle on Long Island." Note 5.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 6.) NYPL copies lack text in lower margin. Note 7.) NYPL copy in Map Div. 01-473 annnotated in lower left corner in pencil: fifth state. Note 8.) Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Note 9.) Shows information to Sept. 25, 1776. Note 10.) Watermark. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Standard reference | Phillips. Maps of America, p. 361; Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 41e; EM8094; LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical description | 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 43 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalog Call Number | Map Div. 01-473 [Filed with N.Y.S. Revol. Maps, Long Island] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Octr. 19th. 1776 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=433997
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| Author | Faden, William, 1750?-1836 -- Engraver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
From The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division. Released on a CC0 license.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital ID | 433997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYPL digital item published | 4-8-2005; updated 3-25-2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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