File:EasternVirginia1775.jpg
Summary
Detail of a 1780s manuscript map depicting the eastern coastal areas of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chesapeake Bay (page does not exist)">Chesapeake Bay</a> 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Kemp%27s_Landing" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Kemp's Landing">w:en:Battle of Kemp's Landing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Great_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Great Bridge">w:en:Battle of Great Bridge</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Burning_of_Norfolk" class="extiw" title="w:en:Burning of Norfolk">w:en:Burning of Norfolk</a>, and the site of two sea battles of the war, the First and Second Battles of the Capes, the latter also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_the_Chesapeake" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of the Chesapeake">w:en:Battle of the Chesapeake</a>.
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| current | 19:31, 13 January 2017 | | 3,360 × 2,660 (2.84 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Detail of a 1780s manuscript map depicting the eastern coastal areas of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chesapeake Bay (page does not exist)">Chesapeake Bay</a> 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Kemp%27s_Landing" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Kemp's Landing">w:en:Battle of Kemp's Landing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_Great_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of Great Bridge">w:en:Battle of Great Bridge</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Burning_of_Norfolk" class="extiw" title="w:en:Burning of Norfolk">w:en:Burning of Norfolk</a>, and the site of two sea battles of the war, the First and Second Battles of the Capes, the latter also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Battle_of_the_Chesapeake" class="extiw" title="w:en:Battle of the Chesapeake">w:en:Battle of the Chesapeake</a>. |
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