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A plan of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Gen.l Sir Henry Clinton, K.B: Survey'd by Major Holland, Surv.r Gen.l &c.
Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Additional Places: New York. Contents Note: Contains an inset chart: Part of Hudsons River, shewing the position of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, with the Chevaux de Frieze, cables, chains, &c to obstruct the passage of his Majesty's forces up the river. By Lieut. John Knight of the Royal Navy in 1777. [ca. 1:80 000 (bar)], Shows roads, fortifications and a chain boom. Contains a lettered key. Plate same as HNS156A. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land green, coast outlined in blue. Fortifications red and yellow.
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Object Details
| ID: | HNS156B |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Holland, Samuel Knight, John Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
| Places: | New York |
| Date made: | 1779 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Plate impression 54.5 x 80cm. |
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A plan of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Gen.l Sir Henry Clinton, K.B: Survey'd by Major Holland, Surv.r Gen.l &c. (Chart)
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