Siege of Yorktown

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Item Information

Title:
Siege of Yorktown
Date:
[1781]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Virginia > York (county) > Yorktown
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 41.4 x 33 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:250,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored pen and ink map showing the confluence of the James and York rivers and, very roughly, the relative positions of the French and American forces at York and Gloucester. The map's coverage extends to the area of Norfolk/Portsmouth and Great Bridge.
Clinton Map 275.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
1828
Barcode:
B3867434