The Country twenty five miles round New York

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Creator / Contributor: Barber, J., engraver
Hawkes, W., publisher
Title: The Country twenty five miles round New York
Place: London
Publisher: Published according to Act of Parliament, 1st November, 1776, by W. Hawks, (successor to T. Kitchin) no. 59, Holborn Hill
Date: 1776
[1776]
Physical Description: 1 map : color ; 38 x 39 cm, on sheet 61 x 46
Description: Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows radial distances. Engraved by: J. Barber, Holborn Hill. Includes letterpress below map entitled: Chronological table of the most interesting occurrences since the commencement of hostilities in North America. Letterpress includes chronology of events from Boston Tea Party through Battle of Long Island and provides notes on British military strength.
Scale: Scale ca. 1:220,000
Identifier: M25.5.39
4266879
Subject: Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject geographic name: New York Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Material type or medium of original: maps (documents)
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