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Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 A Chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03103.02 Author/Creator: Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 Place Written: London, England Type: Map Date: 1781 Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 120 cm, Width: 86 cm Order a Copy

The key shows the French and English fleets. Surveyed 7/20/1776. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 36.

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

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