Gabarus Bay

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Item Information

Title:
Gabarus Bay
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
Gabarus Bay (N.S.)--Maps
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1758--Maps
Places:
Canada > Nova Scotia (province) > Louisbourg
Canada > Nova Scotia (province) > Gabarus Bay
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 21.3 x 15 cm
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Coastal profile-style map of the bay where British troops landed in 1758 to besiege Louisbourg.
Table of references to main points of landing and French defenses.
Pasted to Wight, E. An exact ground plan of Fort Edward.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
211
Barcode:
B1936570