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Tarleton, Plan of the Siege of York Town in Virginia, London, 1787. 11½ x 12¾. Military emplacements in original color. Fine. SOLD
Colored to indicate the position of troops at Yorktown: red for British, blue for French, and yellow for American. French ships are pictured in the York River. Shows topography, lines of fire. Banastre Tarleton was a British officer known for his ruthlessness. This map is from his History of the Campaigns... and was the source for a map which appeared in Stedman's 1794 History of the American War. Howes, US-Iana T-37; Nebenzahl, Bibliography #197; Sabin 94397; Verner, MCCS No. 18: Maps of the Yorktown Campaign, XVII.
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