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A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia



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    To the Citizens of Philadephiia this Plan of the City and its environs is respectfully dedicated By the Editor

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    Wheat & Brun date as c. 1794, State 1. Three vignettes. Vignettes: City Hall, State House, Congress Hall; Library; U. S. Bank.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Perches. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Vignettes. References: Wheat & Brun 465. Verso Text: MS note: 577.

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    Plan of Ticonderoga

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    Kashnor dates as [1758]. Perspective view of Lake George. Shows battle plan. RLIN record suggests publication date as 1757. Vignette: A Perspective View of Lake George. [from Fort Ticonderoga] MS note: 672 (on backing).. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Watermark: A D. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Vignettes.

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    Plan von Neu Ebenezer

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    A plan of New Ebenezer, Georgia. See 150051 for uncolored version. New Ebenezer was a planned community several miles upstream from Savannah and patterned after the street plan of Savannah. It is now a ghost town, privately owned. "Philips, Maps 271; Wynberley Jones de Renne Egorgia Library, v. 3, p.1203." Cartouche: plants & birds. Vignette: boats on Savannah River. Mat sticker: 566. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    150050

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    Plan von Neu Ebenezer

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    A plan of New Ebenezer, Georgia. See 150050 for colored version. New Ebenezer was a planned community several miles upstream from Savannah and patterned after the street plan of Savannah. It is now a ghost town, privately owned. Cartouche: plants & birds. Vignette: boats on Savannah River. Mat sticker: 567. "Philips, Maps 271; Wynberley Jones de Renne Egorgia Library, v. 3, p.1203." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

    150051

  • Plan of the Attack against Basseterre on the Island of Guadaloupe By a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships of War Commanded by Commodore Moore on the 22d. Jany. 1759. also the Incampments of the British Army Commanded by Genl. Hopson, and the French Intrenchments after they Abandoned the Town and Citadel: Drawn on the Spot by Lieut. Col. Rycaut of the Marines

    Plan of the Attack against Basseterre on the Island of Guadaloupe By a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships of War Commanded by Commodore Moore on the 22d. Jany. 1759. also the Incampments of the British Army Commanded by Genl. Hopson, and the French Intrenchments after they Abandoned the Town and Citadel: Drawn on the Spot by Lieut. Col. Rycaut of the Marines

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    Submap: Plan of Fort Royal. Vignette: Section of fort walls. MS note: 776. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Device VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 776.

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    Nova Virginiae tabula

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    Another reproduction of Capt. John Smith's map. Also occurs in John Ogilby's America... London, 1671. For two Hondius versions of the map, see 105:823 and RB 150037; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Blaeu's version of the map, see RB 150054. Pub date and location based on Burden (map 412). Cartouche: Putti; Second: native with animals. Mat sticker: 1208. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Device. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Philips, Maps, 679; Swem, Maps of Va., 84. Verso Text: MS notes: 32367 150077 Etats-Unis Montanus La Virginia 1671.

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