A plan of the city of New-York & its environs : to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town : survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs : to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town : survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

[London] Sold by A. Dury 1775]

1 map : col. ; 65 x 53 cm.
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MAP L93.1.445

(OCoLC)05401775

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines.
Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage.
The plan was drafted in 1765 and 1766 by the British engineer, John Montrésor, by order of General Thomas Gage, then Commandant of the British forces in North America. "Survey'd in the winter, 1775," false claim to make it appear more current.
Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, shewing the properest channel for sailing, with ye banks and depths of water" ca. 1:128,000.
L93.1.445
Digitized image available, see URL.

Nebenzahl, K. Atlas of the American Revolution, map 11, p. 85

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