Suite du Theatre de la Guerre clans l'Amerique Septentrionale
Date1782
Maker
Louis Brion de la Tour
(1756 - 1823)
Publisher
Esnauts & Rapilly (fl. ca. 1775-1811)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color
DimensionsOH: 31 5/16" x OW: 22 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Barry, III, Mr. and Mrs. Macon F. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Goode, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moorman, IV, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Roberts.
Object number2017-240
DescriptionThe upper left cartouche reads: "SUITE/ DU THEATRE DE LA GUERRE/ dans L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRION.ALE/ y compris le GOLFE DU MEXIQUE./ Par M. Brion de la Tour, Ing.r Géographe du Roi./ A PARIS,/ Chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue Saint/ Jacques a la Ville de Coutinees./ 1782."Label TextMost Revolutionary War maps depict individual battles. Maps such as this that depict the campaigns of entire regions are very rare. This map depicts the southern campaigns. Additionally, there is an apocryphal view of the surrender at Yorktown in the upper left.
This copy published in William C. Wooldridge, “Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War” (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), #158 & 158a, 173-178.
1785-1800