The Middle British Colonies in America, originally published by Carington Bowles, London, 1771. This map shows the Seat of the War in 1777. The maneuvers and battles spanned over 700 miles in a north-south direction, from British Canada, through the 18th Century wilderness of Upper New York, to Saratoga and from New York City to the tip of the Virginia Capes and back up to Philadelphia. These were mind-boggling expanses in the 18th Century considering the slow rate of transport by land or by sea and the rude state of roads through the countryside and of bridges or ferries to cross the mighty North American rivers. And for the British, these problems were compounded by divided command and poor coordination from London.
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