COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
31902
accession_number
31902
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31902-002
file_name
31902-002
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Cb777 /2.02
call_number
Cabinet Cb777 /2.02
Call number
false
Map title:
[bottom half of Narragansett Bay]
map_title
[bottom half of Narragansett Bay]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Engraved & Printed for Wm. Faden, Charing Cross
publisher
Engraved & Printed for Wm. Faden, Charing Cross
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1777
publication_date
1777
Publication date
false
Map size height:
47 cm.
map_size_height
47 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
64 cm.
map_size_width
64 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
item_description
Engraved map, colored
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay. Includes text, "References to the batteries," and "A list of the principal farms in Rhode Island." Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
geographical_description
Map of Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay. Includes text, "References to the batteries," and "A list of the principal farms in Rhode Island." Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Blaskowitz, Charles
source_author
Blaskowitz, Charles
Source author
false
Source title:
A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England, with all the isles contained therein, among which Rhode Island and Connonicut have been particularly surveyed, shewing the true position & bearings of the banks, shoals, rocks &c. as likewise the soundings; to which have been added the several works & batteries raised by the Americans. Taken by order of the principal farmers on Rhode Island. By Charles Blaskowitz.
source_title
A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England, with all the isles contained therein, among which Rhode Island and Connonicut have been particularly surveyed, shewing the true position & bearings of the banks, shoals, rocks &c. as likewise the soundings; to which have been added the several works & batteries raised by the Americans. Taken by order of the principal farmers on Rhode Island. By Charles Blaskowitz.
Source title
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Source place:
[London] Engraved & printed for Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, as the Act directs, July 22d 1777
source_place
[London] Engraved & printed for Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, as the Act directs, July 22d 1777
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Accompanied by text: A note to accompany the John Carter Brown Library facsimile of the Blaskowitz chart of Narragansett Bay. [4] p. 26 cm.
cartobibliographic_notes
Accompanied by text: A note to accompany the John Carter Brown Library facsimile of the Blaskowitz chart of Narragansett Bay. [4] p. 26 cm.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Nebenzahl, K. Battle plans of the American revolution, 16, Phillips, P.L. Maps, 458, Guthorn, P. British maps, 145, no. 7; WLCL 2:455; BMPM 2/868
references
Nebenzahl, K. Battle plans of the American revolution, 16, Phillips, P.L. Maps, 458, Guthorn, P. British maps, 145, no. 7; WLCL 2:455; BMPM 2/868
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Showing extraordinary topographical and hydrographical detail, this map was the result of a survey by Charles Blaskowitz, a skilled British military surveyor who was assigned by Samuel Holland in 1764 to chart the coast of Rhode Island. A note on the map asserts it was commissioned by order of the principal farmers on Rhode Island [i.e., Aquidneck Island]; it may have been redrawn in 1777 to detail defensive positions and resold to the British. The British occupying Newport used the chart extensively.
historical_notes
Showing extraordinary topographical and hydrographical detail, this map was the result of a survey by Charles Blaskowitz, a skilled British military surveyor who was assigned by Samuel Holland in 1764 to chart the coast of Rhode Island. A note on the map asserts it was commissioned by order of the principal farmers on Rhode Island [i.e., Aquidneck Island]; it may have been redrawn in 1777 to detail defensive positions and resold to the British. The British occupying Newport used the chart extensively.
Historical notes
false
Scale 1:
ca. 67,000
scale_1
ca. 67,000
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1777
normalized_date
1777
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Blaskowitz, Charles
creator
Blaskowitz, Charles
Creator
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