Format Map
Dates 1781
Location Hell Gate
New York
New York City
United States
Language French
Subjects Hell Gate (New York)
Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.)
History
New York
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Revolution
United States
Title
Reconnoissance, juillet 1781.
Created Published
[1781]
Subject Headings
-  New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
-  Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.)
-  United States--New York (State)--New York.
-  United States--New York (State)--Hell Gate (New York)
Notes
-  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.
Medium
Col. Map, On Sheet 31 X 39 Cm.
Call Number
G3804.N4R4 1781 .R4
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
g3804n ar121600 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3804n.ar121600
Library of Congress Catalog Number
Gm71000994
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