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MAP #: 325R5

CARTOGRAPHER : RENAULT, JOHN F.

DATE: 1825

SHORT TITLE : A PLAN OF YORKTOWN IN VIRGINIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRY.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : EXHIBITING THE OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN FRENCH & ENGLISH ARMIES, DURING THE SIEGE OF THAT PLACE IN OCT. 1781. SURVEYED FROM THE 22nd. TO THE 28th. OCTr. (CARTOUCHE, TOP LEFT CORNER). REFERENCES TO THE BRITISH LINES (NOTES 1 THRU 22 IDENTIFY ELEMENTS OF THE BRITISH FORCES. LOCATED IN IRREGULAR BOX IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER). EXPLANATION (NOTES A THRU R IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF VARIOUS FORCES IN THE YORKTOWN BATTLE. LOCATED IN BOTTOM QUARTER OF MAP). "DRAWN BY Jn. F. RENAULT, WITH A CROW-PEN AND PRESENTED TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE. ENGRAVED BY B. TANNER." (BELOW EXPLANATION). SCALE OF YARDS (RIGHT CENTER). SYMBOLS REPRESENTING AMERICAN, FRENCH AND BRITISH ENCAMPMENTS AND LINES OF APPROACH (CENTER LEFT OF MAP ON SIMULATED UNROLLED PARCHMENT). ELABORATE ENGRAVING OF CANNONS, CANNONBALLS, FLAGS, ETC. (BOTTOM CENTER). BORDER INTERLACED WITH TWISTED FLOWERS AND VINES ALL AROUND THE MAP. THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1825(1782)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER :
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 74.0 X 48.0 CM.(BETWEEN NEAT LINES) X 96.4 CM. OM SIZE - OTHER : 96.4 X 63.0 CM. OM.
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 14,400
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1000 YARDS = 2 1/2 INCHES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-99
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : A018-3D
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF SOME PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN MAP (1)
: VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE
CARTOUCHE : BOX (11)
BORDER : ORNAMENTAL DECORATIVE (3)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 282B5
BEST INFO SOURCE : VERNER IS THE BEST FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF MAPS ILLUSTRATING THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN, PRODUCED AFTER 1800. IT IS A LARGE SCALE MAP SHOWING EXACT POSITIONS FOR THE VARIOUS FORCES CONTENDING IN THE BATTLE. HENRY P. JOHNSTON IN LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VA., THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN, NEW YORK, 1881, NOTES THIS MAP TO BE A DERIVATIVE OF SEBASTIAN BAUMAN'S MAP OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN ENTITLED "TO HIS EXCELLENCY GEN WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THIS PLAN OF THE INVESTMENT OF YORK AND GLOUCESTER HAS BEEN SURVEYED AND LAID DOWN, AND IS MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED BY HIS EXCELLENCYS OBEDIENT AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT, SEBASTn. BAUMAN MAJOR OF THE NEW YORK OR 2nd REGt. OF ARTILLERY." (SEE VERNER IN MCS # 18, P. 53, # XXVI 7). SEE ALSO MAP # 282B5.

BENJAMIN TANNER, WHO ENGRAVED THE MAP, ALSO ENGRAVED FOR CAREY (1795), WINTERBOTTOM (1796) AND MARSHALL (1807) PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING HIS OWN BUSINESS WITH HIS PARTNERS, HENRY S. TANNER, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, JOHN VALLANCE AND FRANCIS KEARNEY IN 1816. R. SCOT OF PHILADELPHIA ENGRAVED THE BAUMAN MAP FROM WHICH THIS WAS TAKEN.

DATA IS FROM VERNER'S MAPS OF THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN, MCS # 18, # XXXIV 39 AND HENRY JOHNSTON'S LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VA.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS IS A DERIVATIVE MAP FROM THE SEBASTIAN BAUMAN MAP OF 1782 (SEE VERNER MAP # XXVI 7 IN MCS #18 AND MAP # 282B5). ONLY A SINGLE STATE IS KNOWN TO THE WRITER.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY WITH WIDE MARGINS IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF A018-3D AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-99.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : SWEM, EARL G., "MAPS RELATING TO VIRGINIA IN THE VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY...", IN VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY QUARTERLY BULLETIN, VOL. 7, NOS. 2 AND 3, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, 1914, # 284; JOHNSTON, HENRY P. LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VA., NEW YORK: THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN, 1881; VIETOR, ALEXANDER O., "THE BAUMAN MAP OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN", IN YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GAZETTE, 21, NEW HAVEN: 1946; BAUMAN, SEBASTIAN, "MAP OF THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN", IN THE MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY, 6: 15, 1881; VERNER, COOLIE, "MAPS OF THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN", IN MAP COLLECTOR SERIES # 18, LONDON: MAP COLLECTORS CIRCLE, 1965, 53 (# XXVI 7), 58 (# XXXIV 39), 61 (SEE # 39); PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. NEW YORK: BURT FRANKLIN, UNDATED REPRINT OF A 1901 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, 1133. August 2, 1991


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