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Revere drew eight vessels in formation, their flags clearly visible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe column of red-coated troops marching up Long Wharf toward the town center.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe church steeples along the skyline. Revere used them to establish the identity of each neighborhood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"12×18","offer_id":47271567294642,"sku":"FOLIO-4m90f850d-POSTER-12x18","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20×30","offer_id":47271567392946,"sku":"FOLIO-4m90f850d-POSTER-20x30","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/4m90f850d-12x18.jpg?v=1775761454"},{"product_id":"german-siege-map-of-boston-1776","title":"German Siege Map of Boston, 1776","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003ePrinted in Germany and copied from a British military survey, this map shows Boston under siege. Hand-colored washes mark the positions of British and American forces, while elaborately engraved hachures render the terrain in three dimensions. Depth soundings fill the harbor. The map was published for a German audience hungry for news of the American rebellion. The explanatory key is labeled \"Erklærung der Buchstaben\" and the subtitle describes the positions of both armies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe hachure shading on the hills surrounding Boston. The engraver used hundreds of fine parallel lines to show elevation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe depth soundings scattered across the harbor, each number recording the water depth in fathoms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe colored washes marking troop positions. British forces are distinguished from American by the hand-applied tints.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271569588402,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w36b-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271569686706,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w36b-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×16","offer_id":47211010359474,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w36b-POSTER-12x16","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20","offer_id":47271569785010,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w36b-POSTER-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18×24","offer_id":47211010457778,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w36b-POSTER-18x24","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462w36b-8x10.jpg?v=1775761520"},{"product_id":"battle-of-bunker-hill-1775","title":"Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eJohn Humfrey drew this manuscript map in pen, ink, and watercolor on the day of or shortly after the battle. June 17, 1775. Troop movements are marked across the Charlestown peninsula, with an \"Explanation\" key indexing the positions of British and American forces. The soft pink washes marking troop formations, warm tan of the peninsula, and blue-green of the surrounding water give the map the quality of a field sketch made under pressure, not a finished cartographic product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe troop movement arrows across the peninsula. The British advanced uphill against entrenched American positions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe \"Explanation\" key indexing military positions, troops, and points of interest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe watercolor washes are loose and unfinished, pink for troop positions, tan for the peninsula, blue-green for the harbor, giving it the urgency of a sketch made under pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271570669746,"sku":"FOLIO-z603vj657-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271570768050,"sku":"FOLIO-z603vj657-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/z603vj657-8x10.jpg?v=1775761560"},{"product_id":"siege-of-boston-1776","title":"Siege of Boston, 1776","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis French map from George Washington's own collection shows the siege lines around Boston in precise detail. American forces, marked in red, are arrayed in three corps ringing the city. The map's most telling feature is what it reveals about Dorchester Heights: the British left it unfortified, a tactical gap that Washington exploited on March 17, 1776, forcing the British evacuation. Published in Paris by the Chevalier de Beaurain, the map exaggerates British fortifications on Boston Neck and Castle William Island. The French cartographer, working from a captured British plan, may have inflated the defenses the Americans had overcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eDorchester Heights on the map. It's shown without British fortifications, the gap that decided the siege.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe three American corps are marked in red surrounding the city, their positions extending from Cambridge to Roxbury.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe harbor soundings. Depth markings show where British warships could maneuver and where the water was too shallow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271575290034,"sku":"FOLIO-t722hs83w-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271575388338,"sku":"FOLIO-t722hs83w-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×16","offer_id":47211015962802,"sku":"FOLIO-t722hs83w-POSTER-12x16","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20","offer_id":47271575486642,"sku":"FOLIO-t722hs83w-POSTER-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18×24","offer_id":47211016061106,"sku":"FOLIO-t722hs83w-POSTER-18x24","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/t722hs83w-8x10.jpg?v=1775761689"},{"product_id":"his-majestys-army-at-boston-1776","title":"His Majesty's Army at Boston, 1776","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eDrawn by an engineer at Boston in October 1775 and published in London by Andrew Dury, this map labels every fort, defensive work, and troop position around the besieged city. The Continental Army encircles Boston from Cambridge to Roxbury, while British forces hold the peninsula and its harbor fortifications. Richard Williams drew the original survey, and the hand coloring, applied to a 46-by-65-centimeter engraving, distinguishes British and American positions. The map's subtitle states its perspective plainly: 'shewing the true situation of His Majesty's army, and also those of the rebels.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe ring of Continental Army positions from Cambridge through Roxbury. The siege line that strangled British supply routes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe fortifications on Boston Neck, the narrow land bridge where British and American defenses faced each other at close range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe map's orientation places north toward the upper right; a compass indicator marks the direction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271578108082,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w352-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271578206386,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w352-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×18","offer_id":47271578304690,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w352-POSTER-12x18","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20","offer_id":47271578402994,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w352-POSTER-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20×30","offer_id":47271578501298,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w352-POSTER-20x30","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462w352-8x10.jpg?v=1775761757"},{"product_id":"boston-to-concord-1775","title":"Boston to Concord, 1775","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe road from Boston to Concord runs across the center of this map, marking the route of the April 19, 1775 engagement that started the American Revolution. Originally published in London on July 29, 1775, just three months after the battles of Lexington and Concord, this facsimile reproduces J. De Costa's survey of troop encampments, harbor fortifications, and the countryside between the two towns. Depth soundings fill Boston Harbor, and an index identifies points of military interest. The map was reproduced from the original print held at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe road from Boston to Concord across the map. This is the route the British regulars marched on April 19, 1775.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe encampment positions of both armies marked around Boston: British forces inside the city, American forces ringing the approaches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe harbor soundings show where British warships could anchor to support the garrison. Depth markings fill the channels between the islands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271580565682,"sku":"FOLIO-wd3767994-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271580663986,"sku":"FOLIO-wd3767994-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×16","offer_id":47211020222642,"sku":"FOLIO-wd3767994-POSTER-12x16","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/wd3767994-8x10.jpg?v=1775761802"},{"product_id":"siege-of-boston-1777","title":"Siege of Boston, 1777","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAmerican fortifications crown Dorchester Heights, and the British have no good answer. Henry Pelham's aquatint, engraved in London by Francis Jukes, is the finest printed battle plan of the Revolutionary War's New England theater, covering Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, Cambridge, and Medford with their military works from 1775 and 1776. Pelham, a Loyalist and half-brother of John Singleton Copley, personally surveyed the rebel lines under a military passport issued two months after Bunker Hill. This copy is one of roughly six known examples bearing his manuscript signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe facsimile of Pelham's passport in the upper left. It authorized him to examine enemy fortifications from behind their own lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe American entrenchments on Dorchester Heights; these are the works that forced the British evacuation in March 1776.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe dedication to Lord George Germain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is engraved in the margin. Pelham was making his case to London.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"12×18","offer_id":47271581352114,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w83q-POSTER-12x18","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20×30","offer_id":47271581450418,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w83q-POSTER-20x30","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24×36","offer_id":47211021009074,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462w83q-POSTER-24x36","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462w83q-12x16.jpg?v=1775761823"},{"product_id":"battle-of-bunker-hill-1793","title":"Battle of Bunker Hill, 1793","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThomas Hyde Page served as aide-de-camp to General Howe during the assault on June 17, 1775, and drew this plan from direct observation. The map marks redoubts, fences, hedgerows, and the precise lines of march of the attacking British columns. An overlay tipped onto the middle right shows the first troop positions; the main map beneath shows the second. This copy, published in Stedman's History of the American War, carries hand-applied color washes in pink, blue, and green that distinguish the opposing forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe overlay, designated No. 1, shows the first position of the troops; the main map beneath shows the second.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe lines of fire from the Corps Hill battery across the water toward the American redoubt on Breed's Hill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe fence lines and hedgerows drawn between the troop positions. Page mapped the terrain obstacles that shaped the battle's outcome.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271582826674,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462x95q-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462x95q-8x10.jpg?v=1775761878"},{"product_id":"boston-under-siege-1775","title":"Boston Under Siege, 1775","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eLieutenant Page of the Royal Engineers surveyed these fortifications while the British army occupied Boston, and William Faden engraved the result in London. The hatched lines marking intrenchments ring the town. On Boston Neck, along the waterfront, at Beacon Hill. Two reference tables at the bottom catalog the fortifications and the town's key buildings separately. This is the city as a military installation, its streets and wharves subordinated to defensive geometry during the eleven-month siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe hatched fortification lines along Boston Neck, that narrow isthmus was the only land approach, and the British fortified it heavily.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe two 'References' tables at the bottom distinguish military works from civic landmarks, revealing what the army cared about versus what the town contained.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe hachure marks showing relief. Beacon Hill, Copp's Hill, and Fort Hill all register as high ground worth defending.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"12×18","offer_id":47271597441202,"sku":"FOLIO-z603vs791-POSTER-12x18","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/z603vs791-12x18.jpg?v=1775762309"},{"product_id":"bunker-hill-with-burgoyne-letter-1775","title":"Bunker Hill with Burgoyne Letter, 1775","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003ePublished in London by Sayer and Bennett, this battle plan was drawn \"by an officer on the spot\" and paired with a printed copy of General Burgoyne's letter to his nephew Lord Stanley describing the engagement. Hand-applied color distinguishes the British troops, batteries, and entrenchments from the American positions. The scale of roughly 1:12,000 is tight enough to show individual fence lines and hedgerows on the Charlestown peninsula where the fighting took place on June 17, 1775.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe Burgoyne letter printed below the map. It is a firsthand British account of the battle written to a family member, not a superior.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe batteries marked on the Boston side of the harbor, their lines of fire reaching across the water to Charlestown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe hand-coloring that distinguishes British positions from American ones. Red and blue tints applied after printing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271587578034,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462v941-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271587676338,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462v941-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×18","offer_id":47281351721138,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462v941-POSTER-12x18","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20","offer_id":47271587774642,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462v941-POSTER-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18×24","offer_id":47211026874546,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462v941-POSTER-18x24","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462v941-8x10.jpg?v=1775762049"},{"product_id":"seat-of-war-1775","title":"Seat of War, 1775","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThree maps share one sheet: a regional view of eastern Massachusetts showing troop marches converging on Boston, a plan of Boston Harbor, and a close-up of the Battle of Bunker Hill with Charlestown in flames. Robert Sayer and John Bennett published this composite in London on September 2, 1775, drawn 'by an American volunteer.' Hand-colored in yellow, green, and pink, it was designed to help a British audience follow the opening weeks of the war from across the Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eIn the Bunker Hill inset, the burning buildings of Charlestown are visible. The British set the town on fire during their assault.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe troop march lines on the regional map; they converge on Boston from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe prime meridian references both London and Boston, with dual notation along the top edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271597736114,"sku":"FOLIO-z603vg396-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271597834418,"sku":"FOLIO-z603vg396-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/z603vg396-8x10.jpg?v=1775762312"}],"url":"https:\/\/foliomaps.co\/collections\/military-maps.oembed","provider":"Folio Maps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}