MAKE A MEME View Large Image EasternVirginia1775.jpg Detail of a 1780s manuscript map depicting the eastern coastal areas of Virginia including portions of Princess Anne and Norfolk counties The map is oriented with North to the bottom and South to the top Part of the ...
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Keywords: EasternVirginia1775.jpg Detail of a 1780s manuscript map depicting the eastern coastal areas of Virginia including portions of Princess Anne and Norfolk counties The map is oriented with North to the bottom and South to the top Part of the mouth of Chesapeake Bay is visible at the bottom of the map The map depicts the sites of several military actions fought on land in the early days of the American Revolutionary War including w en Battle of Kemp's Landing w en Battle of Great Bridge and the w en Burning of Norfolk and the site of two sea battles of the war the First and Second Battles of the Capes the latter also known as w en Battle of the Chesapeake LOC-map g3880 ar144300 ca 1785 Following a logistical and political delay of about 17 years construction of the Cape Henry Lighthouse w en Cape Henry Light depicted on the map began about 1791 and was completed in 1792 LC claims 1779 ; Worldcat <ref>http //www worldcat org/title/map-of-norfolk-and-princess-anne-counties-va-and-currituck-county-in-north-carolina/oclc/467938326</ref> claims 1785 See also Early Map of First Colony ™s Easternmost Landscape Landmarks and Landowners <ref>https //amercorps wordpress com/2014/04/05/map-1785/</ref> Hogident <span class signature-talk ></span> 08 12 26 January 2015 UTC Author NP Request a change in file name since it contains a contradiction in the date s of the map PD-old Battles of the American Revolutionary War Old maps of the American Revolution Virginia in the 1770s Princess Ann County Virginia Norfolk County Virginia
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