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Page, an English military engineer who served as aide de campe to General Howe during the action, prepared this detailed plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is the best known and most commonly reproduced plan of the battle. Originally published shortly after the battle, this copy appeared in 1793, accompanying Stedman's History of the American War. It depicts redoubts, fences, and hedgerows in great detail, as well as the lines of march of attacking forces, British ships, and the Corps Hill battery with lines of fire.
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3f462x95q
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A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces
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3f462x95q
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map
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title
A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces
description
Page, an English military engineer who served as aide de campe to General Howe during the action, prepared this detailed plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is the best known and most commonly reproduced plan of the battle. Originally published shortly after the battle, this copy appeared in 1793, accompanying Stedman's History of the American War. It depicts redoubts, fences, and hedgerows in great detail, as well as the lines of march of attacking forces, British ships, and the Corps Hill battery with lines of fire.
date
["1793"]
year
1793
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014236
creators
Page, Thomas Hyde, Sir, 1746-1821
Stedman, C. (Charles), 1753-1812
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Maps
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Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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[London]
publisher
Thomas Page
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sf268508b
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Charlestown
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42.3765284
schema:longitude
-71.0607871
extent
1 map : hand color ; 49 x 42 cm
notes
Shows lines of fire.
Relief shown by hachures.
Overlay tipped on to middle right. Overlay, designated no. 1, shows the first position of the troops. Main map, designated no. 2, shows the second position.
"Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War."
Upper right corner: "To front page 127 Vol. 1."
From: Charles Stedman's The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war. London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Murray [etc.], 1794.
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3f462x95q
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0
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photo
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