A plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey : with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th. of August 1776. between His Majesty's forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, with the subsequent disposition of both armies [map].

Author
Faden, William, 1749-1836 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Brooklyn, N. Y. : Common Council, 1865] (N.Y. : Lith. of A. Brown & Co.)
Description
  • (W 74°13ʹ15ʺ--W 73°43ʹ49ʺ/N 40°56ʹ06ʺ--N 40°34ʹ55ʺ).
  • 1 map : mounted on cardboard ; 31 x 27 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.6635 D Alcove 30, Drawer 13 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Facsimile.
    • Relief shown by hachures, depths by soundings.
    • Includes references to the Battle on Long Island.
    • "Lith. of A. Brown & Co., 65 Liberty St., N.Y. for Henry McCloskey's Manual of 1865."
    • Issued in: Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, 1865.
    Original version
    Original version: London : Wm. Faden, Octr. 19th. 1776.
    Provenance
    Historic Maps copy is from the estate of N.B. Fox, Princeton class of 1899.
    OCLC
    690522020
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