The Strategic Importance of New York City

Canot, Pierre Charles. A view of New York, Governors Island, the river &c. from Long Island. New York City New York United States, 1776. [London: Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr., near St. John’s Gate, Novr. 1] Photograph. Library of Congress.

Manuscript map of British and American troop positions in the New York City region at the time of the Battle of Long Island Aug.-Sept. [?, 1776] Map. Library of Congress.

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. “The seat of action between the British and American forces: or An authentic plan of the western part of Long Island, with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 between the King[‘]s forces andthe Americans : containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland, the great magazine of the American Army, to Sandy Hook.” New York Public Library Digital Collections.