The Rochambeau Map Collection : Revolutionary War Maps of comte de Rochambeau

Publication/Creation:

Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [2005]

Resource Type:

Map

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Rochambeau Map Collection : Revolutionary War Maps of comte de Rochambeau

Variant Titles:

At head of title: American memory, Library of Congress
American memory : historical collections for the National Digital Library

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French--Maps--Early works to 1800

Description/Summary

Summary:

"The Rochambeau Map Collection contains maps and papers collected and used by Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807) during and after the American Revolution (1776 to 1783). ... Included in the collection are 40 manuscript and 26 printed maps, and a manuscript atlas. These cartographic materials are in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. The maps and views cover both much of the continent of North America, from as far north as Placentia Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Mississippi River Valley and as far south as Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. The maps date from 1717 to 1795, but the majority of the items are from the years of the American Revolution. For his personal use and later as mementos of his time in America, Rochambeau collected maps of fortifications and troop positions prepared by the French army engineers, including a manuscript atlas containing plans of 54 French encampments during the army's 1782 march from Yorktown to Boston; Revolutionary-era maps published in England and France; and early state maps from the 1790s."--About the collection.

Language:

English

Language Note:

en-us RFC 1766
en RFC 1766

Technical Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

General Note:

Title from home page (viewed May 6, 2005).
Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990006914680302486

OCLC Number:

60313641