The seat of action between the British and American forces or an authentic plan of Staten Island with the neighbouring countries including Amboy, New York, and the western part of Long Island &ca : also the course of Hudson's River from Courtland the great magazine of the American army to Sandy Hook

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Item Information

Title:
The seat of action between the British and American forces or an authentic plan of Staten Island with the neighbouring countries including Amboy, New York, and the western part of Long Island &ca : also the course of Hudson's River from Courtland the great magazine of the American army to Sandy Hook
Title (alt.):
Road from Amboy to Philadelphia
Creator:
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
Date:
[1776]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
New York > Richmond (county) > Staten Island (island)
Hudson River
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 45.5 x 40 cm
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Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:225,000].
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Note outside cartouche: from the surveys of Major Holland.
Cartouche is a replacement pasted over a hole cut in paper when original cartouche was removed.
This map is probably the finished copy prepared for the engraver of the Sayer and Bennett map of similar title.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8357
Barcode:
B1936333