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The seat of action between the British and American forces or an authentic plan of the western part of Long Island with the engagement of the 27th. August 1776. between the King's Forces and the Americans: containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland the Great Magazine of the American Army, to Sand Hook / from the surveys of Major Holland

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Title: The seat of action between the British and American forces or an authentic plan of the western part of Long Island with the engagement of the 27th. August 1776. between the King's Forces and the Americans: containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland the Great Magazine of the American Army, to Sand Hook / from the surveys of Major Holland
Creator: Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801, creator
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1776-10-22
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "A rare war map." Ms note: 110 (on backing). Submap shows road from Amboy to Philadelphia. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, British. Projection: Plane. Watermark: I V. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 44 x 39 cm., sheet 48 x 41 cm.
Identifier: 093:110 M
429433
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/79
Language: English
Subject: Long Island (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
New York (State)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Time Period: 1776
Place: North America United States New York Manhattan New Jersey
W74°30'
W73°/ N41°30'
N40°20'
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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