A representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse

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A representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse
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Title:
A representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse
Title (alt.):
Political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal
Creator:
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Contributor:
Graves, Thomas Graves, 1725?-1802
Date:
[1784]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps--Early works to 1800
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--History--18th century--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Chesapeake Bay
York (county) > Yorktown
Extent:
1 map : 31 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 : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:400,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Shows engagement at entrance to Chesapeake Bay between Capes Henry and Charles.
Includes "extract from the minutes of the general signals," observations, and references.
Table: [Number of ships, guns, and men] -- [English captains and ships].
From "Political magazine" 6 (1784).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_008225