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115<br />
Detailed Broadsheet Of The Battle Of Long Island With Letterpress Text<br />
FADEN, William Jr.<br />
'A PLAN of NEW YORK ISLAND, with part of LONG ISLAND, STATEN ISLAND & EAST NEW JERSEY,<br />
with a particular Description of the ENGAGEMENT on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between<br />
FLATBUSH and BROOKLYN, on the 27.th of August 1776. between HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES Commanded<br />
by General HOWE and the AMERICANS under Major General PUTNAM. Shewing also the Landing of the<br />
BRITISH ARMY on New-York Island, and the Taking of the CITY of NEW-YORK &c. on the 15.th of<br />
September following, with the Subsequent Disposition of Both the Armies. Engraved & Publish'd according<br />
to Act of Parliament Oct.r 19.th 1776. by W.m Faden, successor to the late M.r T.s Jefferys, Geographer to the<br />
King, Charing Cross. LONDON.'<br />
[letterpress text:] 'An ACCOUNT of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Forces at the Attack of the Rebels<br />
Works on LONG ISLAND, on the 27th of August, 1776. Taken from Gen. HOWE'S Letter to Lord GEORGE<br />
GERMAINE, principal Secretary of State for the American Department. [text in 4 columns ending] ...<br />
Engraved by W. FADEN, (Successor to the late Mr. JEFFERYS, Geographer to the King) the Corner of S.t<br />
Martin's-Lane, Charing-Cross, and to be had of Mr. WALLIS, Bookseller in Ludgate Street.'<br />
London: William Faden Jr., Octr. 19, 1776; copperplate engraving, with letterpress text below,<br />
border: 472 x 421 widest: 507 x 421 platemark: 521 x 438 with text: 761 x 432mm, troop positions<br />
highlighted in original outline colour. A good example.<br />
Rare broadsheet map, a detailed depiction of Long Island and Manhattan, delineating the events of General<br />
Howe's New York campaign in 1776. Faden's map is the finest contemporary delineation of the campaign,<br />
frequently updated, as the British seized first Long Island and then Manhattan Island. This is the fifth and<br />
final state of the map, with the map re-engraved as the British Army advanced up Manhattan Island,<br />
defeating Washington at the Battle of White Plains and then capturing Fort Washington, the final American<br />
outpost on Manhattan Island. 'Fort Washington' has been erased and re-inserted, further south, on<br />
Manhattan Island. The letterpress text below the map has been reset, although the basic text itself is<br />
unchanged. Nebenzahl: Battle Plans Of The American Revolution, 107; Stevens & Tree: Comparative Cartography,<br />
41e. £15,000<br />
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AMERICAS