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Maps (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen. For similar depictions on a sphere, see "globes (cartographic spheres)."

Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:

Carte de l'affaire de Montmouth, ou le Général Washington commandon l'armée Americaine, et le Général Clinton l'armée Angloise le 28 Juin 1778, 1778

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 40
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-061
Description Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy, the Marquis de Lafayette's map maker, drew this map following the Battle of Monmouth Court House in northeastern New Jersey. After confusion surrounding the Continental Army's orders, the soldiers prevented the British troops from advancing. The battle occurred on a hot June day and hundreds of soldiers died of heatstroke. Women, who came to be referred to collectively as “Molly Pitcher,” supported the American troops by bringing water to cool the men and their...
Dates: 1778

Carte de l'Amérique Septle. pour servir à l'intelligence de la guerre entre les Anglois et les insurgents, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-043
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique suivant le Traité de Paix de 1783, 1784

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-110
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1784

Carte des Parties Nord et Ouest de l'Amerique, 1772

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 37
Identifier: RP-976, MAP-5407
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of historic maps date from 1675-1971, and primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia. Includes matching editions of maps personally owned by George Washington.

Note: surveys created by George Washington are found in the George Washington Collection.

Dates: 1772

Carte des possessions angloises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale pour servir d'intelligence à la guerre presente traduite de l'Anglois, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-097
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

Carte du Canada et des Etats-Unis de l'Amèrique Septentrionale, 1778

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-031
Description Displayed here is the third state of the "Carte des Pays...de Canada," published by Jean Baptiste Fortin who had acquired the stock of the Vaugondy firm. This map is one of the first to recognize the name of the newly formed United States, "Etats Unis," as seen by the inclusion of the phrase in the title cartouche. The map is closely related to J.B. Eliot's "Carte du Theatre de la Guerre Actuel Entre les Anglais et les Treize Colonies Unies de l'Amerique Septentrionale ..." Eliot also uses...
Dates: 1778

Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles : du cours et des environs de la Riviere de Mississipi [sic], dressée sur ungrand nombre de memoires principalemt. sur ceux de M.rs d'Iberville et le Sueur, 1703

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 2
Identifier: 2020-SC-024-013
Scope and Contents

"Europeans had a more precise understanding of North America and the Caribbean by the early 18th century. Guillaume De L’Isle drew on earlier French expeditions into the continental interior to create the first accurate map of the Mississippi River. His use of color falsely implies fixed borders between competing European and indigenous peoples." -- Mapping the “New World”: Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

Dates: 1703

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laquel on a tracée les camps et les retranchemens occupé, tant par les Anglois que par les Américains, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-044
Description Highlighted on this fine topographic map of Boston and vicinity are the British and American troops. The American troops are colored red -- the first corps in Cambridge, the second corps opposite Charlestown neck, and the third corps near Roxbury. Among the many strategic topographic features so excellently rendered on this map is Dorchester Heights, which appears devoid of British defensive forces. This serious tactical error was ultimately recognized by General Washington, who occupied the...
Dates: 1776

Carte du théatre de la guerre actuel entre les Anglais et les Treize Colonies Unies de l'Amerique Septentrionale, 1778

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 2
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-073
Description Displayed here is the second state of J.B. Eliot's map of the newly formed republic, produced in 1778. This map closely resembles Louis Brion de la Tour's "Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les Anglais et les Américans" in appearance. Eliot's map is one of the first to recognize the name of the newly formed United States, "Etats Unis," as seen by the inclusion of the phrase in the title cartouche, referring to Eliot's title of U.S. Engineer under his name. In this regard, Eliot's map is...
Dates: 1778

Carte du théatre de la guerre dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, pendant les années 1775, 76, 77, et 78 : où se trouvent les principaux camps avec les différentes places et epoques des batailles qui se sont données pendant ces campagnes, 1778

 Item
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-062
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1778

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique, 1782

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-065
Description This rare map was issued just months after Cornwallis' defeat in Yorktown, Va. The copy displayed here, complete with inset plan of the battle of Yorktown and an elaborate cartouche, is the second state of the map. An additional inset in the lower right depicts the colonies from Massachusetts to Delaware, and illustrates the geography upon which Washington and Rochambeau's armies marched on the way to Yorktown. This map conveys the importance of France's assistance to the Americans during...
Dates: 1782

Carte generale des treize Etats Unis, de l'Amerique septentrionale : Kaart van de dertien Verénigde Staaten, in Noord Amerika, 1782?

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 4
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-063
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1782?

Carte nouvelle des posséssions angloises en Amérique : dressée pour l'intelligence de la guerre présente et divisée suivant les prétentions des Anglois, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-124
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758, 1758

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33, Folder: OUT
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-108
Description

Colored manuscript map of the 1758 siege of Louisbourg showing ships, troop positions, camps and batteries. Includes references to points of interest, notes and description of the English fleet.

Dates: 1758

Chart containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian discoveries to the north : with the peninsula of Kamchatka, in Asia, opposite thereto; and islands, dispersed over the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the line, approximately 1753

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-003
Description

Sheet three of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Shows nautical exploration routes. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.

Dates: approximately 1753

Chart containing the greater part of the South Sea to the south of the line, with islands dispersed thro' the same, approximately 1753

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-004
Description

Sheet five of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Shows nautical exploration routes.Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.

Dates: approximately 1753

Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea, approximately 1753

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-005
Description

Sheet six of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Shows nautical exploration routes. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.

Dates: approximately 1753

Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French, & Spanish settlements in North America, and the West Indies : as also on the coast of Africa, approximately 1753

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-006
Description

Sheet four of Green's A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. Shows nautical exploration routes. Includes text, historical and geographical notes, and tables of comparative astronomical observations.

Dates: approximately 1753

Chart of the south end of east Florida and Martiers, 1771

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Scope and Contents De Brahm concentrated his surveying efforts on the east coast of Florida, from St. Augustine south to the Keys. This chart of the southern tip of east Florida was included in the English edition of The Atlantic Pilot, along with a chart of the Gulf Stream and a map of the ancient Florida peninsula. De Brahm's meticulous hydrographic survey work is evident in this chart, with its numerous soundings, outlines of shoals, and inclusion of anchoring places. These surveys were eventually used by...
Dates: 1771

Connecticut and parts adjacent, 1780

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-149
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1780

Connecticut and parts adjacent, 1777

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 34
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-152
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

Curaçao : tiré des originaux Hollandois de Van Keulen ; dressé sur les dernieres observations, 1779

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-038
Description

Shows harbors, towns, shoals, anchorages, and topography.

Dates: 1779

Der Teufels Belt gemeiniglich genannt der Lange Insels Sund, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 4
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-128
Description

This rare map depicts Long Island, New York City, and the Connecticut coastline north to Stonington Bay. Muller took the geography on this map directly from Thomas Jeffery's 1755 map titled "A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England ..." The copy displayed here was most likely issued separately from its original pamphlet, and may have been bound unfolded into a folio composite atlas produced during the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1776

Die grosse insel Cuba mit der umbligen der lantschaft, 1586

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-SC-024-014
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries

Dates: 1586

[Ein grund-riss von der Festung Duquessne wie sie ausgesehen hat, ehe sie die Frankosen zerstoren aben, und zum theil noch aussiehet], 1758-1759?

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-175
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1758-1759?

Exact plan of General Gage's lines on Boston Neck in America, 1775

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-086
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1775

Florida called by ye French Louisiana, 1728

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-SC-024-015
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries

Dates: 1728