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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

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. London : ... publish'd by Wm. Faden, successor to the late Mr. Ts. Jefferys, geographer to the King, Charing Cross, Octr. 19th. 1776.
Format
  1. Map
Author
  1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836

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Description
  1. 1 map : hand col.; 48 x 43 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Emmet Collection ; 8094.
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  1. Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
  2. New York Metropolitan Area -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
  3. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
  4. New Jersey -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 01-473
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  2. Shows information to Sept. 25, 1776.
  3. Appears in the author's North American atlas.
  4. In this edition most northerly place is now "Fort". "Fort Washington" is shown about three inches down from the head of New-York Island.
  5. Watermark.
  6. Includes "References to the battle on Long Island."
  7. NYPL copies lack text in lower margin.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography
  2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
  3. Phillips. Maps of America
Local note
  1. NYPL copy in Map Div. 01-473 annnotated in lower left corner in pencil: fifth state.
Author
  1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale [ca. 1:85,000].
Indexed in:
  1. Stevens & Tree. Comparative cartography, 41e
  2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1145
  3. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 361
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836. North American atlas.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 01-473 [Filed with N.Y.S. Revol. Maps, Long Island]
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