Map Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the Rt. Honble: Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, with the attacks of the combined army of French and rebels under the command of the Generals Count de Rochambaud and Washington which capitulated October 1781.

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Title

  • Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the Rt. Honble: Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, with the attacks of the combined army of French and rebels under the command of the Generals Count de Rochambaud and Washington which capitulated October 1781.

Names

  • Hills, John (Surveyor)

Created / Published

  • [1781]

Headings

  • -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Virginia--Yorktown

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:5,850.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor.
  • -  Relief shown by shading.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1473
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 300, 651/1

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 91 x 59 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3884.Y6S3 1781 .P51

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71000688

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hills, John. Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the Rt. Honble: Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, with the attacks of the combined army of French and rebels under the command of the Generals Count de Rochambaud and Washington which capitulated October. [1781] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000688/.

APA citation style:

Hills, J. (1781) Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the Rt. Honble: Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, with the attacks of the combined army of French and rebels under the command of the Generals Count de Rochambaud and Washington which capitulated October. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000688/.

MLA citation style:

Hills, John. Plan of York Town and Gloucester in Virginia, shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the Rt. Honble: Lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, with the attacks of the combined army of French and rebels under the command of the Generals Count de Rochambaud and Washington which capitulated October. [1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71000688/>.