American War of Independence (1775-83)
George III’s maps and views showing the development of the war at home and abroad, from North America to India
New York State and Philadelphia, 1776-7
An ACCURATE Plan / of the COUNTRY between / NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA; / With the Dispositions of the FORCES: / Extracted from the GAZETTE of Tuesday, Feb.y 25.th / 1777
1777Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:434,957 approx. | RCIN 734025
The map is hand coloured, according to the key, to show the routes and stopping places from 28 November 1776 to 4 January 1777 of the British in red and the Americans, or Provincials, in blue.
Additional text: [bottom centre, in rectangular cartouche, a table of what are presumably the main stopping places on the road from Philadelphia to new York, giving the distance, probably in miles, between them, and the cumulative distance from Philadelphia:] ROAD from Philadelphia to New York. [Bottom, left of centre:] NB. British_Red / Provin.ls_Blue.
Condition: one fold line.
Stephen Pyle (active 1770-80) (publisher) [bottom centre, between neatline and plate mark:] Publish’d as the Act directs, March 3.d 1777. by S. Pyle, Angel Court, Snow Hill. Price 6.d
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line
Scale: 1:434,957 approx. Scale bar: Scale of Miles [37 mm =] 10 miles.
16.6 x 29.4 cm (neatline)
17.0 x 29.4 cm (image)
17.7 x 30.1 cm (platemark)
21.0 x 35.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
An ACCURATE Plan / of the COUNTRY between / NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA; / With the Dispositions of the FORCES: / Extracted from the GAZETTE of Tuesday, Feb.y 25.th / 1777. [top right]
Additional text:
[bottom centre, in rectangular cartouche, a table of what are presumably the main stopping places on the road from Philadelphia to new York, giving the distance, probably in miles, between them, and the cumulative distance from Philadelphia:] ROAD from Philadelphia to New York. [Bottom, left of centre:] NB. British_Red / Provin.ls_Blue.
Annotations:
George III heading: New York and Philadelphia Dec. 1776 - Jan. 1777.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, indistinct:] XVII[/?].
George III catalogue entry:
York, New An accurate Plan of the Country between New York and Philadelphia with the Dispositions of the Forces in Dec.r 1776 and Jan.y 1777; extracted from the Gazette of Feb.y 25.th 1777: published by Pyle, 1777. [The same entry appears under the heading Philadelphia.]
Subject(s)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (39°57'08"N 75°09'49"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
K. Nebenzahl, A bibliography of printed battle plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795, Chicago and London 1975, no.118, p.77
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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