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Title
Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique
Additional title: Theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique.
Names
Basset (Firm) (Publisher)
Denis, Louis, 1725-1794 (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Dates / Origin
Place: Paris
Publisher: Chez Basset
Date Issued: 1779
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5318
Topics
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Prime meridians: Paris and Ferro.
Content: "Dediée et presentée a Monsieur le Noir, Conseiller d'etàt, Lieutenant général de Police &a. par son très humble serviteur Basset, en 1779."
Content: "A Paris chez Basset, Rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins a Ste. Genevieve."
Content: Includes decorative cartouche and inset of New Jersey to Massachusetts Bay, ca. 1:1,580,000, with London meridian.
Citation/reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 737
Statement of responsibility: dressée d'après les nouvelles cartes anglaises par L. Denis, géographe et auteur du conducteur français.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 64 x 48 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5569435
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14918745
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9de202a0-c52b-012f-55b3-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1779: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f987-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f987-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f987-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique