RI-Newport 1780b – Vintage Map Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This antique map of RI-Newport 1780b brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
RI-Newport 1780b
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This 1780 map of Newport, Rhode Island, shows a town that had spent nearly three years under British occupation, ending in October 1779. In July 1780 Rochambeau's French expeditionary force landed there and made the port its base, so maps of the town from this period were made with military needs in mind, such as harbor approaches, roads, and fortifications. Newport was one of colonial New England's busiest seaports, and this view records a place whose importance to both armies came from its harbor. It is worth studying for how it reflects a town shaped by war and a shifting alliance.
| Original scan | 5,664 × 2,831 px · prints to 19 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | RI-Newport 1780b |
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