A sketch of Charleston Harbour : shewing the disposition of the British fleet under the command of Vice Adml. Mariot Arbuthnot upon the attack on Fort Moultrie on Sulivan Island in 1780

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A sketch of Charleston Harbour
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Item Information

Title:
A sketch of Charleston Harbour : shewing the disposition of the British fleet under the command of Vice Adml. Mariot Arbuthnot upon the attack on Fort Moultrie on Sulivan Island in 1780
Engraver:
Abernethie
Printer:
Collins, Isaac, 1746-1817
Name on Item:
Abernethie sculpt Charleston.
Date:
1785
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local):
Cartographic Collection
Subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Charleston (county) > Charleston Harbor (bay)
Extent:
1 map ; 17 x 30 cm, on sheet 20 x 38 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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Publisher:
[Trenton, N.J.] : Isaac Collins
Scale:
Scale [approximately 1:50,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=507544
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Detached from: Ramsay, D. The history of the revolution of South-Carolina, volume 2. Trenton : Printed by Isaac Collins, 1785.