REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. BLASKOWITZ, Charles (c.1743-1823). "A Plan of New York Island, and Part of Long Island, with the circumjacent Country - as far as Dobbs's Ferry to the North, and White Plains to the East including the Rivers, Islands, Roads &ca - Also shewing the Landing Routes, battles, Lines and Encampments of the British Forces under the Command of His Excellency Sir William Howe Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief &ca &ca &ca.," with inset maps: "Battle of White Plains fought between British Army and the Rebels in which the latter were defeated October 28th 1776" and "A Plan of Brunswick New Jersey with the British Works & Encampments. 1777". Signed: "Survey'd & Drawn by Charles Blaskowitz Capt of the Guides & Pioneers." [New York, 1777].
REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. BLASKOWITZ, Charles (c.1743-1823). "A Plan of New York Island, and Part of Long Island, with the circumjacent Country - as far as Dobbs's Ferry to the North, and White Plains to the East including the Rivers, Islands, Roads &ca - Also shewing the Landing Routes, battles, Lines and Encampments of the British Forces under the Command of His Excellency Sir William Howe Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief &ca &ca &ca.," with inset maps: "Battle of White Plains fought between British Army and the Rebels in which the latter were defeated October 28th 1776" and "A Plan of Brunswick New Jersey with the British Works & Encampments. 1777". Signed: "Survey'd & Drawn by Charles Blaskowitz Capt of the Guides & Pioneers." [New York, 1777]. 6-sheet manuscript map on paper, size from outer borders 59 15/16 x 44 3/16 inches (1523 x 1127 mm). With inset maps of White Plains: 13 3/8 x19 3/4 inches (339 x 502 mm); and Brunswick, N.J. inset: 6 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (162 x 197 mm). On laid paper, mounted on linen. Scale: Greater map: 4,000 feet to 1 inch; White Plains inset: 500 feet to 1 inch; Brunswick, N.J. inset: N/A. (Some tears repaired with mounting, some surface soiling.) ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT MAPS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, DOCUMENTING KEY BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES OF ITS EARLY PHASES. ONE OF ONLY FIVE KNOWN FINISHED MONUMENTAL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS MAPS OF THE NEW YORK REGION, AND THE ONLY ONE BASED ON THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS OF BLASKOWITZ This map is by far the most detailed and comprehensive cartographic record of the New York Campaign of 1776. It was made for General Sir William Erskine, one of the participants in the events portrayed. One of the finest examples of Blaskowitz's cartographic achievements. A Campaign Headquarters Map is a very large manuscript map depicting a military theater, drawn to a relatively large scale. The present map is an impressive and historically significant example of this type, and depicts what was up to that point the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent: the Battle of Long Island and those immediately following it. The late cartographic historian, J. Brian Harley, in his study of the maps made during the American Revolution, identified the "cartography of military movement" as a signature genre of the conflict. Maps of this type were used to plan or record the order of march, encampment, or progress of their army or that of their opponents. Blaskowitz created an authoritative, progressive visual record of key events, superimposed upon an accurate rendering of topography based upon scientific surveys. This was a departure from the generally static cartography of earlier conflicts, and constituted nothing short of a revolution in military cartography. The map is extremely detailed, recording virtually every military event that transpired during the British Army's New York campaign from August to December 1776. A variety of symbols, identified by a reference key, depict the placement of the American, British and Hessian forces at various stages of the series of battles, and the tracks of naval movements are expressed with pictographic symbols. While Manhattan and most of the important towns and transport roads of the region are expressed in detail, other areas are only faintly outlined or left blank. In Manhattan and Long Island, Blaskowitz would have been able to conduct surveys safely behind British lines. Further afield, he would have confined his surveys to the areas held by the British forces. Blaskowitz only detailed the terrain that he had surveyed. Areas that were the subject of his reconnaissance, but not properly surveyed, were outlined with faint pink and brown lines. During this time, the American Army did not produce any maps comparable with Blaskowitz's work. By comparison, the British were then considered to be world leaders in cartography. From 1776 to1778, the British army consistently employed
REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. BLASKOWITZ, Charles (c.1743-1823). "A Plan of New York Island, and Part of Long Island, with the circumjacent Country - as far as Dobbs's Ferry to the North, and White Plains to the East including the Rivers, Islands, Roads &ca - Also shewing the Landing Routes, battles, Lines and Encampments of the British Forces under the Command of His Excellency Sir William Howe Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief &ca &ca &ca.," with inset maps: "Battle of White Plains fought between British Army and the Rebels in which the latter were defeated October 28th 1776" and "A Plan of Brunswick New Jersey with the British Works & Encampments. 1777". Signed: "Survey'd & Drawn by Charles Blaskowitz Capt of the Guides & Pioneers." [New York, 1777].
REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. BLASKOWITZ, Charles (c.1743-1823). "A Plan of New York Island, and Part of Long Island, with the circumjacent Country - as far as Dobbs's Ferry to the North, and White Plains to the East including the Rivers, Islands, Roads &ca - Also shewing the Landing Routes, battles, Lines and Encampments of the British Forces under the Command of His Excellency Sir William Howe Knight of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief &ca &ca &ca.," with inset maps: "Battle of White Plains fought between British Army and the Rebels in which the latter were defeated October 28th 1776" and "A Plan of Brunswick New Jersey with the British Works & Encampments. 1777". Signed: "Survey'd & Drawn by Charles Blaskowitz Capt of the Guides & Pioneers." [New York, 1777]. 6-sheet manuscript map on paper, size from outer borders 59 15/16 x 44 3/16 inches (1523 x 1127 mm). With inset maps of White Plains: 13 3/8 x19 3/4 inches (339 x 502 mm); and Brunswick, N.J. inset: 6 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (162 x 197 mm). On laid paper, mounted on linen. Scale: Greater map: 4,000 feet to 1 inch; White Plains inset: 500 feet to 1 inch; Brunswick, N.J. inset: N/A. (Some tears repaired with mounting, some surface soiling.) ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT MAPS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, DOCUMENTING KEY BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES OF ITS EARLY PHASES. ONE OF ONLY FIVE KNOWN FINISHED MONUMENTAL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS MAPS OF THE NEW YORK REGION, AND THE ONLY ONE BASED ON THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS OF BLASKOWITZ This map is by far the most detailed and comprehensive cartographic record of the New York Campaign of 1776. It was made for General Sir William Erskine, one of the participants in the events portrayed. One of the finest examples of Blaskowitz's cartographic achievements. A Campaign Headquarters Map is a very large manuscript map depicting a military theater, drawn to a relatively large scale. The present map is an impressive and historically significant example of this type, and depicts what was up to that point the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent: the Battle of Long Island and those immediately following it. The late cartographic historian, J. Brian Harley, in his study of the maps made during the American Revolution, identified the "cartography of military movement" as a signature genre of the conflict. Maps of this type were used to plan or record the order of march, encampment, or progress of their army or that of their opponents. Blaskowitz created an authoritative, progressive visual record of key events, superimposed upon an accurate rendering of topography based upon scientific surveys. This was a departure from the generally static cartography of earlier conflicts, and constituted nothing short of a revolution in military cartography. The map is extremely detailed, recording virtually every military event that transpired during the British Army's New York campaign from August to December 1776. A variety of symbols, identified by a reference key, depict the placement of the American, British and Hessian forces at various stages of the series of battles, and the tracks of naval movements are expressed with pictographic symbols. While Manhattan and most of the important towns and transport roads of the region are expressed in detail, other areas are only faintly outlined or left blank. In Manhattan and Long Island, Blaskowitz would have been able to conduct surveys safely behind British lines. Further afield, he would have confined his surveys to the areas held by the British forces. Blaskowitz only detailed the terrain that he had surveyed. Areas that were the subject of his reconnaissance, but not properly surveyed, were outlined with faint pink and brown lines. During this time, the American Army did not produce any maps comparable with Blaskowitz's work. By comparison, the British were then considered to be world leaders in cartography. From 1776 to1778, the British army consistently employed
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