A plan of the posts of York and Gloucester in the province of Virginia, established by His Majesty's Army under the command of Lieut General Earl Cornwallis together with the attacks and operations of the American and French forces commanded by General Washington and the Count of Rochambeau, which terminated in the surrender of the said posts and army on the 17th of October 1781. Surveyed by Captn Fage of the Royal Artillery.
Scale: circa 1:6,000 (bar). Western part only; uncoloured, late pull from a plate of the Atlantic Neptune (HNS 161) surviving in the Hydrographic Department before being donated to the William L Clements Library of American History, Michigan, in 1947. Positions of the ships taking part in the Battle of Yorktown (October 1781) are marked.
Object Details
| ID: | BAR246:2/24(2)A |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
| Date made: | 1782; [1947]; 1782 [1947] |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 92.5 cm x 63 cm |