Hudson's River from New York to Albany

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Item Information

Title:
Hudson's River from New York to Albany
Date:
[ca. 1756]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps
Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781
Places:
Hudson River
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 160.3 x 42.2 cm.
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:126,720.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Title taken from verso.
Finished, pen and ink and watercolor map showing the Hudson from the Atlantic Ocean to the mouth of the Mohawk River and identifying major towns and landmarks along the waterway.
Some roads identified on Staten and Long islands.
From information on the verso, the map appears to have been drawn for or was the property of Sir Francis Dashwood.
This map is drawn by the same hand as and is a companion of [Map from Albany to Crown Point] and [Plan of the river &c from Albany to Oswego in America].
Assigned date is based on details within all three maps.
Identifier:
8197
Barcode:
B2844367