Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779

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Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779
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Title:
Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779
Creator:
Rapin de Thoyras, (Paul), M, 1661-1725
Contributor:
Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687-1774
Name on Item:
by an officer present.
Date:
1785
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Penobscot Expedition, 1779--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fortification--Maine--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort George (Me. : Fort)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Penobscot Bay (Me.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Penobscot River (Me.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Maine > Penobscot (bay)
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 36 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:
London : [J. Harrison]
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:14,700]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows position of fleets in Penobscot River and Bay, and fort and shore batteries.
"For the continuation (after Tindal's) of Rapin's History of Engd."
From Rapin's impartial history of England ... with the continuation to the year 1786 (London : J. Harrison, 1784-89).
Identifier:
06_01_008227