File:PenobscotExpedition1779.jpg

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English: This 1785 map depicts the 1779 naval action of the Penobscot Expedition. The original map measures 36.0x38.0 cm. The map is in mirror image to the actual geography; the Penobscot River is actually to the peninsula's west. The caption reads: "Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779"
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This map is from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Url at the time of upload: http://maps.bpl.org/details_10803/

Call Number: G3732.P395S3 1785 .A7
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current14:50, 8 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:50, 8 April 20093,588 × 3,460 (5.89 MB)Magicpiano (talk | contribs)Full resolution image (same source), rotated and cropped.
20:44, 9 January 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:44, 9 January 2009906 × 906 (608 KB)Magicpiano (talk | contribs)Original, now rotated and cropped.
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