A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers; wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse.
Summary
Scale ca. 1:240,500.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
Depths shown by soundings.
Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781."
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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AACR2: 651
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Date
01/01/1781
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