Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section 1

Creator:

Denis, Louis, 1725-1794

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

This rare map was issued just months after Cornwallis' defeat in Yorktown, Va. The copy displayed here, complete with inset plan of the battle of Yorktown and an elaborate cartouche, is the second state of the map. An additional inset in the lower right depicts the colonies from Massachusetts to Delaware, and illustrates the geography upon which Washington and Rochambeau's armies marched on the way to Yorktown. This map conveys the importance of France's assistance to the Americans during the War.

Language:

French .

Custodial history:

Client reference #54; WAG #289204; IL# 2020-IL-001-065

Richard B. Arkway Inc., 27 June 1996.

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:5,400,000]. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: Plan de l'attaque des villes d'York et de Glocester -- [Provinces from Massachusetts to New Jersey]. Decorative title cartouche depicting a battle scene, a native, and a coat of arms. "Dediée et presentée a Monsieur le Noir."

Physical facet:

1 map : hand colored

Dimensions:

65 x 49 cm.

Other descriptive data:

A Paris : Chez Basset, 1782

Related material:

Nebenzahl, K. Bibliography of printed battle plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795, 192 and 192a

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

Denis, Louis, 1725-1794

Places:

Canada, Eastern
Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781

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