Detail View: JCB Map Collection: A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775
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Accession Number:
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4822
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File Name:
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4822-000
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Call number:
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Cabinet Cb775 /6
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Map title:
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A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775
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Place of Publication:
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London
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Publisher:
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Jefferys & Faden, ye cornoer of St. Martins Lane
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Publication date:
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1.1775
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Map size height:
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34 cm.
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Map size width:
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31 cm.
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Item description:
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Engraved map, colored
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Geographical description:
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Map of Boston during the Revolutionary War. Shows movements of opposing forces during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Key, lettered A-T. Table of references provides further information on movements. Charlestown expressed by figures of houses. Below title, "engraved by Jefferys & Faden."
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Based on ms. map with same title by John Humpfrey. Earliest published plan devoted wholly to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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References:
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Nebenzahl, Bib. of printed battle plans, no. 24; Guthorn, British maps, 61, no. 1
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Geographic Area:
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North America
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Scale 1:
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ca. 14,000
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Normalized date:
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1775
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LC bibliographic number:
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53846965
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