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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:

Plan D'York en Virginie, avec les attaques et les campemens de l'Armée de combinée de France et d'Amérique, 1787

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 36
Identifier: RP-643, MAP-4351
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: 1787

Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fork of the Ohio and Monongahela in 1754, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-177
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: 1768

Plan of the action at Huberton under Brigadier Genl. Frazer, supported by Major Genl. Reidesel, on the 7th July 1777 : from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers; and from the plans of Capn. Montresor, 1780

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-088
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

Plan of the attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery, upon Hudsons River which were stormed by His Majestys forces under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., on the 6th of Octr. 1777 : drawn from the surveys of Verplank, Holland & Metcalfe, 1784

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-053
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

Plan of the battle, on Bunker's Hill : fought on the 17th of June 1775, 1775

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 40
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-146
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

[Plan of the battles of Saratoga], 1777

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 40
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-107
Description

Color manuscript map by Kosciuszko showing encampments and military positions in the battles of Saratoga.

Dates: 1777

Plan of the city and environs of Quebec, with its siege and blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to the 13th of May 1776, 1776

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-019
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: 1776

Plan of the City of New York in North America, surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 2, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-209x
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: 1776

Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America and by them established as the seat of their government after the year 1800, 1795

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 37
Identifier: RP-2544, MAP-6912
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: 1795

Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their Government, after the year MDCC , 1792

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 36
Identifier: RP-859, MAP-5266
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: 1792

Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Bræmus Heights on Hudson's River near Stillwater, on the 20th Septr. with the position of the detachment &c. in the action of the 7th of Octr. & the position of the army on the 8th Octr. 1777, 1780

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-178
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

Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson's River near Stillwater on Septr. 17th, with the positions of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Septr. 1777, 1780

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-045
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

Plan of the island of Bequia laid down by actual survey under the direction of the honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded islands, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-057
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: 1776

Plan of the island of Dominica laid down by actual survey under the direction of the honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded islands, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-058
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: 1776

Plan of the island of St. Vincent laid down by actual survey under the direction of the honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded islands, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-059
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: 1776

Plan of the island of Tobago laid down by actual survey under the direction of the honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the ceded islands, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-060
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: 1776

Plan of the siege of Charlestown in South Carolina, 1787

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 4
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-179
Description The plan displayed here depicts the Siege of Charleston, S.C., conducted by the British forces in early 1780. In February 1780, British General Henry Clinton's army arrived thirty miles south of Charleston, and began their assault on the city, which was protected by an American force commanded by Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. The British took control of the sea, and effectively cut the American off from any support. This plan was produced for Tarleton's memoir "A History of the Campaigns of 1780...
Dates: 1787

Plan of the siege of Savannah : with the joint attack of the French and Americans on the 9th October 1779 : in which they were defeated by his Majesty's forces under the command of Major Genl. Augustin Prevost, from a survey by an officer, 1784

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 30
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-078
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

Plan of the situation of the American & British armies, June 15st 1777, 1777

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-120
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

Plan of the town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia in 1798, 1944

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 36
Identifier: RP-541, MAP-4070
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: 1944

Plan of the town of St. Augustine, the capital of East Florida ; The bay of Espiritu Santo, on the western coast of East Florida, 1777?

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-028
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?

Position der Koenigl ; Grosbrittanischen und derer vereinigten provinzial armée in New York und dem Jerseys in Nord America im jahr 1780, 1780?

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-093
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?

Position of the detachment under Lieut. Col. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777, 1780

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 4
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-070
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

Proposed Piscataway Park and Mount Vernon viewshed, approximately 1960

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 36
Identifier: RP-2137, MAP-6602
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: approximately 1960

Province de New-Jersey divisée en est et ouest nomée vulgairement les Jerseys, 1782

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-116
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

Remarques sur la navigation de terre-neuve à New-York afin d'eviter les courrants et les bas-fonds au sud de Nantuckett et du Banc de George, 1785

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-071
Description One of the preferred routes that captains and navigators sailing from America to England learned to use was the Gulf Stream, a strong, warm current that flows north along the Atlantic coast and then east toward Europe. Initially charted by Benjamin Franklin in 1768, this discovery helped ships minimize travel time across the ocean, speeding up the transatlantic voyage for travelers, merchants, and goods. Franklin purchased this 1785 chart, a French adaptation of his original findings, when...
Dates: 1785

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection

 Collection — Drawer 122 : L : 1
Identifier: 2019-SC-034
Scope and Contents

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: Majority of material found within approximately 1740 - 1799

Schauplatz des Kriegs zwischen Engelland und seinen Collonien in America, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-021
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: 1776

Schauplatz des Kriegs zwischen Engelland und seinen Collonien in America, 1776

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-020
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: 1776