A handsome and highly informative plan of the Siege of Charlestown, one of the worst colonial defeats during the Revolution. First published by Faden in 1784, this is the later state of the map, published by Stedman in 1794. This plan of Charleston Harbor—located at the nexus of the...
The first of three editions of this seminal Revolutionary War-era map of New Jersey, the first to depict New Jersey's resolved northern border with New York, and the standard geographic representation of the state until well into the 19th century. This handsome map depicts the whole of New Jersey...
An important Revolutionary War era map, published less than a month after the Declaration of Independence, based on two landmark surveys of the colonies, Claude Sauthier’s large-scale manuscript map of New York (which was subsequently published under the title Chorographical Map of the Province of New-York) and Bernard Ratzer’s survey.....
One of the more significant volumes of the Gentleman’s Magazine, with much content on the revolutionary ferment in the American colonies, including three maps of American interest. The preface notes: “The contentions of the Americans for independence, and of the Mother-country for sovereignty, form an interesting part of the.....
An important volume containing the twelve issues for 1776 of this notable 18th century British periodical, featuring an early printing of the Declaration of Independence, signed in type by John Hancock and Charles Thompson, and also including several articles and maps of American interest. Among the more salient articles relating...