Subject: Eastern United States
Period: 1832 (circa)
Publication: The Life of George Washington...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
5.8 x 8.8 inches
14.7 x 22.4 cm
This atlas contains all ten maps showing the positions and movements of General Washington, and several other British and American generals, which describe events during the American Revolutionary War. Of particular interest are maps of Boston, Charleston, New York, and Yorktown. Title page is missing. Published by J. Crissy in Philadelphia. Rebound in quarter leather with tips over marbled boards with gilt title on front cover and gilt decorations on spine. The maps measure approximately 9 x 7" and include the following:
1) Boston with its Environs.
2) Plan of New York Island and part of Long Island Shewing the Position of the American & British Armies before and after the Engagement on the Heights August 27th 1776.
3) Plan of the Country from Frogs Point to Croton River Shewing the Positions of the American & British Armies from the 12th of Oct. 1776 until the Engagement on the White Plains.
4) Plan of the Northern part of New Jersey Shewing the Positions of the American & British Armies after crossing the North River in 1776.
5) Map of the Country from Raritan River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland. Shewing the several Operations of the American & British Armies in 1776 & 1777.
6) Map of the Country which was the scene of Operations of the Northern Army Including the Wilderness Through which Genl. Arnold marched to attack Quebec.
7) Map of part of Rhode Island Shewing the Positions of the American & British Armies at the Siege of Newport and the subsequent Action on the 29th of August 1778.
8) Map of part of Virginia Northern Carolina South Carolina & Georgia which were the scenes of the most important Operations of the Southern Armies.
9) Plan of the Investment and Attack of York in Virginia.
10) Plan of the Siege of Charleston in S. Carolina.
References: Howes #M-317; Sabin #44788.
Condition: A
The maps are clean and bright with some minor offsetting in the image and occasional small faint dampstains in the blank margins. Modern binding has minor shelf wear. This is one of the nicest examples we have seen of this atlas, which is typically found in lesser condition.