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English: This is a 1776 map showing part of Lake Champlain and the action of the Battle of Valcour Island. The area showing the action has been highlighted with a red outline. The original map's border has also been cropped. The map's caption reads: The attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by the King's fleet commanded by Capt. Thos. Pringle, upon Lake Champlain, the 11th of October, 1776
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From the Boston Public Library Digital Map Collection (http://maps.bpl.org/).
Call number: G3802.C45S3 1776 .F3

URL at time of upload: http://maps.bpl.org/details_10856/
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William Faden  (1749–1836)  wikidata:Q8008902
 
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Faden & Jefferys
Description British cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1750
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 21 March 1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Shepperton
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From 1771: "Geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales"
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creator QS:P170,Q8008902

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