Research Catalog

Title

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.

Author

Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Publication

London : Wm. Faden, 1776.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map : hand col.; 48 x 42 cm. on sheet 75 x 50 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

• Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 807.
• National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subjects

• New York (N.Y.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776 > Maps > Early works to 1800
• New York Metropolitan Area > Maps > Early works to 1800
• Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776 > Maps > Early works to 1800

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Shows information to Sept. 26, 1776.
• " ... to be had of Mess. Wallis and Stonehouse, Booksellers, Ludgate-Street."
• Highlight coloring of red for British troops and green for American.
• Watermark.
• Includes "References to the battle on Long Island" and text in lower margin, "An account of the taking of the city of New York, by His Majesty's forces, on the 15th of September, 1776."
• Distinguished from earlier states by new labelling, "The Heights of Guana" on Long Island; distinguished from later states by lack of "Fort Washington" (N.Y.) and "Fort Independence" (N.J.).

Indexed In (note)

• Stevens & Tree,

Call Number

Map Div. 97-6168

OCLC

38369306

Author

Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Title

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.

Imprint

London : Wm. Faden, 1776.

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:85,000].

Indexed In:

Stevens & Tree, 41c

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Title

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 807.

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 97-6168 [LHS 807]