Plan Philadelphia, Signed (2 results)

no binding. Condition: very good. Approximate Overall Size: 6 X 9 1/2 inches print Size: 5 x 5 ins. CONDITION: Book Plate Map - Excellent Condition. As Scanned. German Text. Beautiful with excellent detail. Text on the back . PHILADELPHIA Camden Fairmount Park,City Plan,1894 Antique Colour Map HISTORICAL ROUTE AND RAIL MAP CHART Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, and known as The City of Brotherly Love (from Greek: "brotherly love" from philos "loving" and adelphos "brother") is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest in population and area in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Before Europeans arrived, the Delaware (Lenape) Indian town of Shackamaxon was located where Philadelphia now stands, specifically the Germantown neighborhood. Although the area lay within the bounds described in the 1632 Charter of Maryland, the Calvert family's influence never reached this far north, and the first European settlers were mostly Swedes (see New Sweden), who called it Wiccacoa. A congregation was formed in 1646 on Tinicum Island by Swedish missionary Johannes Campanius; in 1700, the group built Gloria Dei Church, also known as Old Swedes'. Philadelphia is a planned city, founded and developed in 1682 by William Penn, a Quaker. The city's name means "brotherly love" in Greek Penn hoped that the city, as the capital of his new colony founded on principles of freedom and religious tolerance, would be a model of this philosophy. During early immigration by Quakers and others, immigrants who purchased land in the city also received farmland outside the city; this was intended to allow the population to leave the city easily. Penn also mandated the construction of alleyways and open spaces, in the hope of controlling fires and disease, which were then common problems in London and other major cities. Philadelphia was a major center of the independence movement during the American Revolutionary War. The Declaration of Independence and US Constitution were drafted here and signed in the city's Independence Hall. Tun Tavern in the city is traditionally regarded as the location where, in 1775, the United States Marine Corps was founded. During the American Revolutionary War Philadelphia's population was split between Loyalists and Patriots. When the British Army took the city in 1777 many people lined the streets and sang 'God Save the King'. Upon the retaking of the city for the American cause in 1778 it was the turn of the Patriot population to line the streets in celebration, especially as the population had suffered through a bitter winter with many of the provisions going to the British Army. The subsequent harsh treatment of the Loyalists who had not fled the city was further suffering for Philadelphians. NOTE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU PURCHASE: This is a GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT. It is NOT a modern reproduction, ie. a laser scan, photocopy etc. It is the original from the antique atlas or book publication. This map/print was published on the date mentioned, or circa of the date mentioned at the top of the page. The print/map I have for sale, like many antique maps and prints that you see online, originate from an antique book or atlas publication. The publication may not always be known. If you have any questions, emails are welcome.

No binding. Condition: Very good. First. ONE OF THREE SURVIVING HEADQUARTERS MAPS FOR THE PHILADELPHIA CAMPAIGN, AND THE ONLY ONE MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN. Manuscript map at a scale of 2 miles to 1 inch. [Philadelphia, ca. 1778]. Twelve sheets joined (outer borders: 51 3/8" x 53 1/8", 1305mm x 1350mm). Black and sanguine ink, hand-colored. Mounted on linen. Framed to full museum specifications. Some peripheral soiling. Repairs to the joins and some edge-tears, including a small marginal loss. Early in the Revolutionary War, the Commander-in-Chief of the British land forces, General William Howe, believed that the capture of the young nation's capital, Philadelphia, would demoralize the rebels to the point of laying down their arms. It was with high hopes for victory in the war, then, that British forces under Howe landed at Elk Ferry (now Elkton, Maryland), south of Philadelphia, on August 25, 1777, with the goal of taking the capital and crushing the Continental Army commanded by George Washington. This manuscript map by Charles Blaskowitz (c.1743-1823), the preeminent surveyor of the British campaign, shows the movements of the British forces as they marched and fought their way from Elk Ferry towards Philadelphia, indicating with red lines the routes of the British troops under Howe, the British and Hessian troops under Charles Cornwallis, and the Hessian auxiliaries under Wilhelm von Knyphausen. Our map illustrates how vital cartography was to the waging of war. Blaskowitz, for example, marks the location of the cheveaux de frise that the American forces had set up in the Delaware River to prevent British ships from approaching Philadelphia; Washington used the same tactics in the Hudson, adding two huge chain booms. Other maps show some of these same things -- William Faden made a manuscript map in 1777 "exhibiting the several works erected by the rebels" in the river -- but our map is of signal historical importance for being one of just three surviving large-format "Headquarters Maps" from the Philadelphia Campaign, and the only one made during the campaign. Blaskowitz's map shows more detail, particularly of the road network, taverns, and meeting houses, than the two maps that he probably used as sources: Nicholas Scull and George Heap's map of Philadelphia and its surroundings, first published in 1752, and Scull's map of southeastern Pennsylvania of 1759. Blaskowitz's map includes a much larger area than that of the campaign proper. Compare, for instance, the map of the same campaign made by John André (Progress of the British Army from the landing in Elk River to the taking possession of Philadelphia, anno 1777: Huntington Library HM 3086r): it includes no more territory than necessary to show the route of the army to Philadelphia. Blaskowitz made his map for General Sir William Erskine (1728-1795), who participated in the Philadelphia Campaign, and for whom Blaskowitz has previously made a map of the New York Campaign in 1776 (Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon). Usually in the eighteenth century the taking of an enemy's capital entailed the end of the war, but this was not the case after the British took Philadelphia. The Continental Congress had left the city for Lancaster before the British arrived, and in any case, the British capture of Philadelphia did not bring any important strategic advantages. In fact, Washington used the winter of 1777-78 to train the Continental Army into a much more expert fighting force. The high hopes that the British had for the Philadelphia Campaign when Blaskowitz began depicting it on his map were not achieved, and the war continued for another six years. Purchased at Christie's New York (7 December 2012, "Property of Mrs. M. Sharpe Erskine's Trust," lot 64). Catalogued by Mr. Chet van Duzer, revised by JL Rosenberg (D.Phil, Oxon.).