Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The map displayed here was printed as a separate issue, as it contained recent information regarding the the British campaign to take New York City. Printed as a broadside, the information could be transmitted in a timely manner - in this case, two months after the events depicted on the map. After an embarrassing defeat at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA, Britain was eager to transmit the news of this victory in New York in November 1776 to an eager audience back in England.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9s161885z
label
The seat of action, between the British and American forces
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161885z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The seat of action, between the British and American forces
description
The map displayed here was printed as a separate issue, as it contained recent information regarding the the British campaign to take New York City. Printed as a broadside, the information could be transmitted in a timely manner - in this case, two months after the events depicted on the map. After an embarrassing defeat at Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA, Britain was eager to transmit the news of this victory in New York in November 1776 to an eager audience back in England.
date
["1776"]
year
1776
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_003213
creators
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Long Island (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History--18th century--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New York
North and Central America
Richmond (county)
Staten Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
county
Richmond
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
40.5833
schema:longitude
-74.15
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 45 x 39 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Has watermarks.
Inset: Road from Amboy to Philadelphia.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
9s161885z
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5a38671d49a19746