A general map of North America; from the latest observations.
Scale ca. 1:10,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. From The North-American and West-Indian gazetteer. 1778. Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Canada, Louisiane, possessions angl?
Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Arrivet inv. th. sculp." From the publisher's Nouvel atlas portatif ... 1778. no. 43. Includes inset of northwest North America. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1
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Dussy, E. - Robert De Vaugondy, Gilles
Rivière St. Laurent depuis l'Isle Anticosti jusqu'au saut de Richelieu avec des directions pour la navigation.
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown in fathoms. Each sheet consists of 2 sections glued together. "Publiée par ordre de l'ámirauté anglaise et dressé sur les cartes particulieres suivantes." From the author's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778-9, v. 2. Plate no: 26,24,22. Includes text and 17 coastal views. Insets: [Rivière St. Laurent: Quebec à l'isle d'Orléans]--[Rivière St. Laurent: Sauts Richelieu…
Carte du Canada et des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale
Covers Canada east of Lake Superior and south of James Bay; covers U.S. north of Albemarle Bay (N.C.). Relief shown pictorially. Third state. Meridians numbered eastward from unspecified prime (Montréal at 305⁰E). Believed to be the earlist map to use the name United States of America (in any language). Watermarked (unclear wording with pointed cross at center of embellished circle with pendant cross). Available…
Contributor:
Fortin, J. (Jean) - Robert De Vaugondy, Gilles
Plan de l'isthme de l'Acadie comprenant le Beau-Bassin avec une partie de la Baie Verte
Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1 Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du meridien de Paris." "No. 1. D." located above upper right corner of border. From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80. Library of Congress. Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 402 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…
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France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine - Petit - Sartine, Antoine De
Baye de Chaleur, dans le Golfe St. Laurent, 1778.
Scale ca. 1:470,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "No: 20." From the author's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778-79. v. 2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 556 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Treize Colonies Unies de l'Amerique Septentrionale,
Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Three copies. Copy 1 has some states outlined in faint brown and pink. Copy 2 has states outlined in faint pink and green. Copy 3 has yellow border and has states outlined in pink, green, and purple. Covers the area from Lake Nipissin to lower Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. Shows states, some…
Part of Long Island; and the coast eastward to the shoals of Nantucket.
Scale ca. 1:600,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Has watermarks. Soundings shown in fathoms. Includes view of "Sancoty Head S.S.W. 10 miles distant." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 824 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 650/2
A Plan of the late Province of Main as far as Kennebeck River.
Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and a section of the upper left corner missing. In 2 sections, mounted on cloth backing. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows internal boundaries. Accompanied by positive photocopy of verso, taken prior to mounting, showing "Backers Town." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 836 Available also through the Library of Congress Web…
Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation. Traduit de l'anglais.
Scale ca. 1:28,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Based on A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. [1777] From the author's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778-79. v. 1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 956 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Plan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses.
Scale ca. 1:42,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander. Accompanied by: Partie extraite d'un Memoire général sur Boston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 938 Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 650/2
Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket.
Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title on verso: Nantucket Shoals and Buzzards's Bay by Lieutt. Knight, 1778. Soundings shown in fathoms. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over an undecipherable figure, all of which are over the letters GR and J. Whatman. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 984 Available also through the Library of Congress Web…
Plan of the town with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th. of June 1775.
Scale ca. 1:19,000. Relief shown by hachures. Battle of Bunker Hill shown pictorially. From James Murray's Impartial history of the present war in America. v. 1. p. 431. Includes historical note on fires and indexes to wards and points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 936 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1;…
A Temporary project for a star redout [sic] to contain 150 men.
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 53." On verso, partly illegible and in a different hand: Boston ... part of the ... project for the war ... Drawing of a fortification on the road to Roxbury near Boston Neck, with list of proposed guns. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America,…
A map of the colony of Rhode Island : with the adjacent parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, &c
vcFY25 Covers Connecticut as far west as Guilford and Farmington; Massachusetts extending west to the Connecticut River Valley and north to Boston, including Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket; and the eastern end of Long Island. Shows towns, roads and rivers. From The London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (November, 1778), vol. 67. At top of map: London Magazine 1778. LC copy 1 mounted…
Contributor:
Kitchin, Thomas
Date:1778
Map
Attacks upon Rhode Island, Augt. 1778.
Scale ca. 1:120,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows all of Narragansett Bay. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north to the right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1015 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2