Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fort of the Ohio and monongahela in 1754

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fort of the Ohio and monongahela in 1754
Title (alt.):
Profile
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Contributor:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Creator:
Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Fort Duquesne (Pa.)--Maps
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps
Places:
Pennsylvania > Allegheny (county) > Pittsburgh
Extent:
1 map ; 34 x 31.2 cm.
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Publisher:
[London] : Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street and Thos. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand
Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Based on the plan drawn by Robert Stobo while a prisoner of the French in 1754.
Below table of references: This plan was sent from America, as it had been taken by some curious French deserters.
Table of references identifies buildings and features of the fort.
Inset is a cross-section of the fort wall.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
875
Barcode:
B2660804