Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows details such as "Boston Harbor," "Mill Pond," and "Charles's Wharf." Pink, green, and blue colors help differentiate geographical features.
Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows details such as "Bunker Hill" and "Charlestown." Pink, green, yellow, and blue colors help differentiate geographical features.
Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows details such as "Boston Harbor," "Mill Pond," and "Charles's Wharf." Pink, green, and blue colors help differentiate geographical features.
Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows key where items are lettered for identification.
Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows title "A map of Boston, and its Environs. shewing the true situation of His Majesty's Army. and also those of the rebels."

A plan of Boston, and its environs,...

Richard Williams
1776

One of the JCB’s many maps and battle plans of the American Revolution, this English map, drawn in October 1775 and published in 1776, depicts the site of the successful 11-month siege of Boston by the Continental Army under the command of George Washington. This remarkable map also lays the stage for one of the pivotal battles of the critical opening phase of the Revolution: the Battle of Bunker Hill, in June 1775. The cartographer was Richard Williams, a young officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and in the map, he carefully drew the deployment of both the British Army and the troops of the ‘Rebels’ in and around Boston, the location of batteries, and the encircling fortifications erected by the Continental Army. Williams died upon his return to England in 1776 before the map was published.

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