Portsmouth and Norfolk

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Item Information

Title:
Portsmouth and Norfolk
Title (alt.):
Rebel fort near Portsmouth
Date:
[1770–1779]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Fort Nelson (Va.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Virginia > Portsmouth
Virginia > Norfolk
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 32 x 39.7 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:150,000. Scale of inset 1:2,400.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map showing the area along the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and Portsmouth to New Town and Great Bridge and along the Nansemond River to the town of Suffolk.
Identifies Norfolk as in ruins.
Inset shows Fort Nelson and identifies functions of major buildings.
Unidentified symbols of military units at Portsmouth and other locations might relate to British operations in 1779.
Clinton Maps 282.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8309
Barcode:
B2629926