Partie Septentrionale du New-Jersey, et Positions des Armées Américaine et Britannique Après le Passage de la Riviere du Nord, en 1776
Cartographer / Artist: Pierre François Tardieu (Engraver) / John Marshall
Date Created: c. 1807
Medium: Copperplate engraving on laid paper
Physical Dimensions: 13.29 × 17.03 inches
Geographic Scope: Northern New Jersey, New York, United States
Archive Catalog ID: fp2-img-1594
Provenance: The Dr. Joseph R. Rubini Archive
Collection: US Northeast
An important French-language Revolutionary War military map documenting strategic troop deployments and movements across northern and central New Jersey following the British capture of Fort Washington and the retreat across the Hudson River (Rivière du Nord) in late 1776. The map covers the critical theater of war from Tappan and the Hudson River west to Morristown and south through New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, and Monmouth. Fine copperplate hachuring delineates the defensive topography of the Watchung Mountains, the Great Swamp ('Vaste Marecage'), and the First and Second Mountain ridges used by George Washington's Continental Army to monitor British maneuvers based in New York and Staten Island. Engraved military symbols highlight the encampments, skirmish lines, and transport arteries connecting early towns such as Newark, Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Piscataway, and Bound Brook during the critical campaigns of 1776–1777.
Condition: Uneven left margin with minor edge chipping and slight separation at the far border, well outside the neatline.. Mild uniform paper toning with faint ghosting/offsetting from atlas binding.. Dark, crisp engraved lines with clear plate impressions and distinct lettering.
