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No old shelf mark. An important map of the action by an eye witness. Probably published in London soon after the battle. View of Charlestown & from Beacon Hill, Boston. Plan of Redoubt & Co. on Bunker's Hill. from Gent. Mag. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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![Seat of the War, in New England, by an American Volunteer [Submap]: Plan of the Town of Boston with the Attack on Bunkers-Hill in the Peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th. of June 1775. With the Marches of the Several Corps Sent by the Colonies. Towards Boston. with the Attack on Bunkers = Hill](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KOYJI7%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Kashnor notes, "A very fine and rare war plan, with both imprints. The Bunker's Hill plan shows Charlestown in flames." Two submaps: Plan of Boston Harbour from an Actual Survey. Plan of the Town of Boston.... Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, English. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis (half). Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 775.1. Verso Text: MS note: 128.
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An important map with no attribution but possibly by William Faden. An overlay shows the positions of the British forces on September 28th and 29th some two weeks prior to the surrender. The main map shows the British forces trapped in York itself and the redoubts and batteries set up by the American and French forces. The Charon is shown in flames in York harbor and French ships sit off Gloucester. The bulk of the French fleet is not shown, but blockaded the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, trapping the British army who then surrendered ending the American Revolutionary War. Submap: Overlay, showing British positions on Sept 28-29.. Prime meridian: Gm. Relief: shaded, hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps.
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Kashnor notes, " Originally published in 1784, this second edition incorporates the later discoveries of Meares, Colnet and Duncan, and in North-West Canada shows the discoveries of Hearne and Mackenzie. It is one of the most interesting on North-West maps." Below neatline right: Engraved by W. Palmer, No. 128, Chancery Lane. Vancouver Island not defined, references to the Sea of the West. Numerous notes on features, tracks. . Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, miles, wersts.. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: #93 No. 15.
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Kashnor notes, "Exceedingly rare, and only a few copies known. The slip map shows the position of the British lying across the Great South Road to Hampton, while the map shows the first and second parallel as Washington gradually closed in on Yorktown. This is probably the finest war plan of the action which swept away all hopes of the success of British arms, and was the crowning victory for American Independence." Contains submap of Chesapeake Bay. [Many characteristics of Des Barres maps, but map trimmed to neatline with no mention of author.] Submap: Chesapeake Bay and vicinity.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 100.
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Kashnor notes, "with the exceedingly rare slip of the Plains of Abraham, showing the later movements of the armies, a fine impression of the rarest battle plan of the Old French War." Kashnor dates [1759]. Submap: Foldover insert on lower left labeled "Second plate".. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 328.
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