COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
29853
File Name:
29853
Call number:
Cabinet Cd78 CaM
Map title:
Carte de la partie de la Virginie ou l'armée combinée de France & des Etats-Unis ...
Place of Publication:
A Paris
Publisher:
Ches Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques a la Ville de Coutances
Publication date:
[1782?]
Map size height:
46.3 cm.
Map size width:
60.2 cm.
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Plan of the battle of Yorktown, October 22-28, 1781. Includes scene of naval warfare, locations of battalions, settlements, and batteries. Cartographic elements include a scale, some topographical detail, compass rose, location of roads, bridges, rivers, and fortifications.
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
This map illustrates the French blockade at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton Roads. The blockade prevented English fleets from providing reinforcments to Lord Cornwallis, thus leading to the surrender of English forces at Yorktown.
Normalized date:
1782
Carte de la partie de la Virginie ou l'armée combinée de France & des Etats-Unis ...
