Collection Items
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MapPlan de New-York et des environs, Scale ca. 1:6,336. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of interest, text, and inset "Port de New-York," ca. 1:126,720. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1106 Available also through the…- Contributor: Montrésor, John - Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1775-01-01
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Map[Plan de New-York et les environs. Scale ca. 1:82,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" indicates earthworks, forts, etc. with indication of number of soldiers to man them. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1214…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapNord de l'Ile de New-York. Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapEnvirons de New-York, de Long-Island, etc. Scale ca. 1:95,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1212 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapReconnoissance, juillet 1781. Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t[oises] = 75 mm. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapReconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a déterminé géometriquement les principaux … Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPosition des Armées amériquaine et françoise à Kings-ferry, Peaks-hill, Crompond et Hunts-taverne du 17. septembre au … Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Kings Ferry operated between Verplank Point and Stony Point. "Peaks-hill" was about 3 miles south of the center of…- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapThe Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys. Scale ca. 1:420,000. Hand colored. LC copy 2 imperfect: Deteriorated in margins. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries and "Division line run in 1743 between East New Jersey…- Contributor: Faden, William - Bancker, Gerard - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapThe State of New Jersey, compiled from the most authentic information. Scale ca. 1:600,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Shows towns, county boundaries, and the "Division line of East and West Jersey." "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Available…- Contributor: Carey, Mathew - Barker, W. (William) - Lewis, Samuel - Guthrie, William
- Date: 1795-01-01
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Map[Plan d'Amboy]. [Vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, mai 1780] "The map presented here shows the city and harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the time of the first British siege of Charleston and attack on Fort Sullivan in June 1776. This…- Date: 1780
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MapSketch of the engagement at Trenton, given on the 26th of December 1776 betwixt the American … Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1267 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster…- Contributor: Wiederholdt, Andreas
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt, "This pen-and-ink manuscript map contains several handwritten annotations by George Washington. A note on the back in Washington's hand reads: "A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt, given…- Contributor: Crawford, William - Washington, George
- Date: 1780
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MapPhiladelphie, Scale ca. 1:10,600. Oriented with north toward the right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1313 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…- Contributor: Easburn, Benjamin - Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia, Scale ca. 1:43,000. Has watermark. Shows roads and the names of landholders in rural areas. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1319 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as…- Contributor: Scull, Nicholas - Heap, George - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in the beginning … Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web…- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapThe State of Maryland from the best authorities. Scale ca. 1:770,000. LC copy annotated in black ink. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Inset: Continuation of the Potowmac River,…- Contributor: Carey, Mathew - Barker, W. (William) - Lewis, Samuel - Guthrie, William
- Date: 1795-01-01
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MapA plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary between the … "This map shows the original Mason-Dixon Line, traditionally thought of as the divide between North and South in the United States and, before the Civil War, between the slaveholding and non-slaveholding states.…- Contributor: Mason, Charles - Dixon, Jeremiah - Smither, James - Kennedy, Robert
- Date: 1768
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Map[Ville, port, et rade de Baltimore dans le Maryland. Scale ca. 1:26,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications, troop encampments, and roads from "White Marsh," "Frederick Town," and…- Contributor: Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapGeorgia, from the latest authorities. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography." Shows the present states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Available also through the…- Contributor: Carey, Mathew - Barker, W. (William)
- Date: 1795-01-01
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MapPlan des environs de Williamsburg, York, Hampton, et Portsmouth. Scale ca. 1:300,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1145 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2;…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapCarte des environs d'Hampton. Scale ca. 1:28,800; échelle de 3 lignes pour 100 toises. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Fleur de lis surmounting a scroll crossed with three bars. Oriented with north toward the right. Relief…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPlan du terrein à la rive gauche de la rivière de James vis-à-vis Jamestown en Virginie … Scale ca. 1:16,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to points of military interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1451 Available also through the Library…- Contributor: Desandroüins, Jean Nicolas
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPlan de Portsmouth en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:3,333. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Shows defense works, forts, etc. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1454 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2:…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPlan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:3,220. Title on verso: Ouvrages faits à Portsmouth en Virginie par les Anglais, et rasé en 1781 par les François. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right.…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapCarte detaillée de West Point sur la rivière d'York au confluent des Rivières de Pamunkey et … Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title on verso: West Point sur le riviere d'York au confluent du Pamunkey et du Matapony. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Shows…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapBatteries de West-point au haut de la Rivière d'York. Scale ca. 1:5,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes index to types of guns mounted. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1458 Available also through the Library…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapArmée de Rochambeau, 1782. Carte des environs de Williamsburg en Virginie où les armées françoise et … Scale ca. 1:15,250. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of landholders. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,…- Contributor: Desandroüins, Jean Nicolas
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapNotes sur les environs de York. Scale ca. 1:44,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1469 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440;…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPlan des ouvrages faits à York-town en Virginie. Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Incomplete: Upper and right edges have been trimmed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,…- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapPlan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques faites par les Armées françoise et américaine en 8bre. … Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1466 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault…- Contributor: Querenet De La Combe
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapSiege d'York, 1781. Plan d'York en Virginie avec les attaques et les campemens de l'Armée combinée … Scale ca. 1:14,640. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index and "Nota." LC Maps ofth America, 1750-1789, 1467 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a…- Contributor: Querenet De La Combe
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapTo His Excellency Genl. Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of … Scale ca. 1:14,400. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "References to the British lines" with illus. of ships and "Explanation" of the American and French siege operations. LC copy annotated on…- Contributor: Bauman, Sebastian - Scot, Robert
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Map[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct … Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Imperfect: Part of title wanting. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The…- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Mouzon, Henry
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapCharles-Town, capitale de la Caroline. Scale ca. 1:12,500. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1540 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan de la ville de Charlestown, de ses retranchements et du siege faits par les Anglois … Scale ca. 1:10,320. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1560 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440;…- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA map of Kentucky from actual survey Scale ca. 1:700,000. LC copy imperfect: Margin deteriorated. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes descriptive notes. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1969 ed.) 641 Available also through the…- Contributor: Carey, Mathew - Barker, Elihu
- Date: 1793-01-01
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MapCarte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi
Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Natichitoches, éstablissemt. françois fait en 1717 par Mr. de Bienville" and routes of explorers, De Soto and others. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Folded in six,…- Contributor: Le Maire, François - L'isle, Guillaume De - Vega, Garcilaso De La
- Date: 1717-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialVoyage autour du monde, Following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-63), Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), a soldier with a distinguished military record in Canada, received permission from King Louis XV to undertake France's first…- Contributor: Bougainville, Louis-Antoine De
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialA new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by … This compilation of British navigators' accounts of their voyages around the world covers the famous voyages of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook, as well as expeditions by George Anson, John…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Anderson, George William
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a … The American explorer and adventurer John Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut, in 1751. After studying briefly at Dartmouth College, he went to sea as a common sailor. He was forced to…- Contributor: Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress) - Ledyard, John - Oliver Wolcott Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1783
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