A survey of the city and fortress of Louisbourg, the harbour, and their environs, from Fresh Water Cove in Gabarouse Bay to about a mile to the eastward of the Light house Point : shewing the encampments of the several regiments during the time the place was besieged, with the redouts, batterys and approaches of the siege, as also the roads

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Title:
A survey of the city and fortress of Louisbourg, the harbour, and their environs, from Fresh Water Cove in Gabarouse Bay to about a mile to the eastward of the Light house Point : shewing the encampments of the several regiments during the time the place was besieged, with the redouts, batterys and approaches of the siege, as also the roads
Contributor:
Coombs, Richard
Contributor:
Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770
Creator:
Bontein, William
Name on Item:
survey'd by Wm: Bontein engineer extraordinary
Date:
[1758]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1758--Maps
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps
Places:
Canada > Nova Scotia (province) > Louisbourg
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 52 x 119 cm
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale 1:9,600.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map showing details of the fortress and the camps and siege works of the British.
Three tables of reference identify military units and events of the 1758 siege.
Survey made in aftermath of British capture of the fortress.
Signed below scale: Copy Rich: Coombs.
Surveyed under the direction of: Colo: Bastide chief engineer.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8200
Barcode:
B1938056