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The Seat of war in New England : by an American volunteer, with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill
Title
The Seat of war in New England : by an American volunteer, with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill.
Publication
London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs, 2 Sept. 1775.
Physical Description
1 map : hand colored ; 46 x 40 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:450,000 (W 72°00ʹ00ʺ--W 70°00ʹ00ʺ/N 43°10ʹ00ʺ--N 41°25ʹ00ʺ).
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Double Folio 2017 70: Watermark. No. 16 of 33 maps previously bound together in composite atlas owned by George Washington.
Notes
Prime meridian: Boston. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes "Plan of Boston Harbour, from an actual survey" and "Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775."
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 30, 2008
References
Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 813
McCorkle, B.B. New England in early printed maps, 1513 to 1800, 775.1
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Early works.
History.
Maps.
Military maps.
Also listed under
George Washington's American Atlas.
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
England London.
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