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New York, New Jersey, 'Pensilvania', Maryland and North Carolina & co.

This stunning black and white chart of the Eastern seaboard of North America displays land relief and nautical detail in equal measure and is (in this version/state) previously unpublished. The sheer scale and accuracy of the survey is astonishing.

Chart Information
Reference:	A205
Date	1st March 1780
Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist:	J.F.W Des Barres & Lt John Knight & others
Size Of Original:	w 36" x h 68"
Paper Type	Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm

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Chart ID	Size	Dimensions	Price
A205	Original	w36" x h68"	$479
A205x	Half	w25.5" x h48"	$239
A205y	Quarter	w18" x h34"	$117

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Read the full Chart History here:

This chart is composed from the deposit of Surveys of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade with Soundings & Nautical Remarks from Lt. J. Knight of the Navy and others and published by J.F.W Des Barres. Despite its scale it bears a great deal in common with a number of other surveys published around the time which, like this example were compiled by Des Barres, such as Knight (see Heritage Chart A101 and A115), Avery (Heritage Chart A305) and Snape Hammond (Heritage Chart A301). Unlike other published versions or states of this chart the land is heavily hachured inland of the sea and rivers, especially in to the lands above New York.

The overall relevance of this survey can be seen when set against the change in leadership of the British army when Sir Henry Clinton replaced Sir William Howe in May 1778 and immediately shifted the focus of British strategic emphasis away from New York and New England to the southern colonies. The British, as part of their Southern strategy had already decided by the time this chart was produced that the largely loyalist middle and southern states might still be retained as part of the Empire. By occupying key towns such as Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina and mobilizing and arming the loyalist population, including slaves, they hoped to achieve four things: 1. They may be able to split these states from the rest; 2. The more loyalists that could be assimilated into the army the more British troops could be concentrated elsewhere; 3. They might yet retain financial control - apart from anything else these middle states produced the commodities upon which the economics of Empire was built - tobacco, rice, indigo and so on; 4. They may yet link these states along with their holdings in east Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda as a new colonial grouping to compensate for the loss of the New England states.

It is worth noting that at this time Washington as a city did not exist but now stands just above Alexandria which is marked at 39 degrees 10' on the Western edge of the chart. Yorktown, the scene of what was in September and October 1781 the final and decisive battle of the war where on 19th October Lt-General Charles, Earl of Cornwallis surrendered and effectively ended the war is marked simply as York. On a point of accuracy this chart places ' York' at 35�.08' 77.4", whereas our modern day Satellite technology places the town at: 37�.23' 76.50".

New York, New Jersey, 'Pensilvania', Maryland and North Carolina & co.

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Map/Chart > The Middle States

New York, New Jersey, 'Pensilvania', Maryland and North Carolina & co.

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Lieutenant John Knight