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Auction 177, Lot 125

"Map of Hudson's River, with the Adjacent Country", Anon.

Subject: Colonial New England United States, Revolutionary War

Period: 1778 (published)

Publication: Gentleman's Magazine

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.5 x 11.5 inches
21.6 x 29.2 cm
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This strongly engraved Revolutionary War map was designed to familiarize the magazine's readers with the location of the hostilities in the American War. It illustrates the region of the Hudson and Delaware Rivers and the marches of the armies under the Generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne. It covers New York and New England as far east as the Connecticut River, south to include Philadelphia, and north to encompass Crown Point and Ticonderoga.

References: Jolly #GENT-257.

Condition: B+

Light offsetting with an old tape stain southeast of Lake Ontario from tape on the verso that has been removed and archivally reinforced. There is an archivally repaired 1" tear at right and the right margin has been replaced with old paper.

Estimate: $190 - $220

Sold for: $140

Closed on 4/29/2020

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