Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point, with British and Hessian troop positions

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Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point, with British and Hessian troop positions
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Title:
Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point, with British and Hessian troop positions
Title (alt.):
Fort La Fayette on Verplancks Point
Creator:
Krafft, Johann Carl Philipp von, 1752-1804
Date:
[1779?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Verplanck Point, N.Y--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Westchester (county) > Verplanck Point (cape)
Extent:
1 manuscript map, on sheet 20 x 25 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:2,500
Language:
English
German
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71002362
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink; with writing partly in German script and partly in English.
Has watermark.
Ascription of authorship through label on old folder.
Proverbs in German and Latin on verso.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1197
Identifier:
ar119700z