Carte de la campagne en Virginie du major genéral Mis. de la Fayette ou se trouvent les camps et marches ainsy que ceux du lieutent. général Lord Cornwallis en 1781

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Description

Title: Carte de la campagne en Virginie du major genéral Mis. de la Fayette ou se trouvent les camps et marches ainsy que ceux du lieutent. général Lord Cornwallis en 1781
Creator: Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804, cartographer
Contributor: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Published / Created: [1781]
Description: Relief shown by hachures.
A facsimile edition of this map limited to 150 copies was published in 1961. Photographs of the map taken while producing the facsimile are cataloged separately at call number 783hc 1781.
"Précis de la campagne pour servir à l'intelligence de cette carte" on left-hand side of map gives a month-by-month summary of the events of the campaign.
Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Accompanied by custom case containing original triangular storage case for map (with one wooden support frame), housed separately.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. Purchased from the Lafayette family by the Yale University Library Map Collection, 1956.
Extent: 1 map : 95 x 148 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Verso blank, not digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:250,000
Coordinates: (W 77°54ʹ00ʺ--W 75°50ʹ00ʺ/N 37°48ʹ00ʺ--N 36°45ʹ00ʺ).
Language: French

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Art Storage 994

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Maps
Manuscript maps
Military maps
Material: manuscript, color ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): Virginia
United States
Subject (Name): Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Subject (Topic): Maps
History
Subjects: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Virginia > Maps > Early works to 1800
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 99133306163408651
Object ID (OID): 33490070