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Map Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battle of Yorktown : to His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated.

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  • Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battle of Yorktown : to His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated.

Names

  • Bauman, Sebastian.
  • Scot, Robert, 1744?-1823.
  • United States. Defense Mapping Agency.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency, 1981]

Headings

  • -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
  • -  United States--Virginia--Yorktown

Notes

  • -  Shows troop positions, firing lines, fortifications, and ship positions.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Facsimile.
  • -  Original version: To His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated / by His Excelency's obedient and very humble servant, Sebast'n Bauman, major of the New York or 2nd Reg't of Artillery ; R. Scot, sculp. Philad[elphia : s.n.], 1782. This plan was taken between the 22nd & 28th of October, 1781.
  • -  Reproduced from the Library of Congress Rochambeau map collection no. 63.
  • -  Includes text, indexes to points of interest, and ill.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 65 x 45 cm., on sheet 69 x 49 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3884.Y6S3 1781 .B3 1981

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 83692840

Online Format

  • image

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Bauman, Sebastian, Robert Scot, and United States Defense Mapping Agency. Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battle of Yorktown: to His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated. [Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1781] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/83692840/.

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Bauman, S., Scot, R. & United States Defense Mapping Agency. (1781) Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battle of Yorktown: to His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated. [Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/83692840/.

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Bauman, Sebastian, Robert Scot, and United States Defense Mapping Agency. Defense Mapping Agency Bicentennial commemorative memento of the Battle of Yorktown: to His Excellency Gen'l Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, this plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated. [Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/83692840/>.