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A Plan of the entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers; wherein are shewn the respective positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army commanded by Lord Cornwallis, at Gloucester and York in Virginia; 2. of the American and French forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French fleet under Count de Grasse. By an officer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1781]

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:240,500.

Manuscript, pen-and-ink.

Depths shown by soundings.

Annotated "London, Published by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross, Novr. 26th 1781."

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1464

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

RELATED TITLES
[Faden map collection ; 90]
Chesapeake Bay.

MEDIUM
col. map 41 x 53 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3884.Y6S3 1781 .P5 Faden 90

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

DIGITAL ID
g3884y ct000189 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3884y.ct000189

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