Plan no. 4 shewing the bastion A with its foundations and casemates and bastion B finish'd with its ambrazures and platforms C the foundations of the ravelin with two casemates D for 5 cannon each to scour the ditch and profiles of the whole by the different lines pointed out

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Title:
Plan no. 4 shewing the bastion A with its foundations and casemates and bastion B finish'd with its ambrazures and platforms C the foundations of the ravelin with two casemates D for 5 cannon each to scour the ditch and profiles of the whole by the different lines pointed out
Title (alt.):
Profil cut by the line AB through both bastions
Profil cut by the line E.F. thro' the curtains
Profil cut by the line C.D. thro' the flanks
Creator:
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
Date:
[1762]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Québec Citadel (Quebec)--Maps
Québec (Québec)--Maps
Places:
Canada > Quebec (province) > Québec
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 36.5 x 47 cm
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Scale:
Scale 1:600 for plan and 1:300 for profiles.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
From Shelburne Papers (Clements Library).
Signed: Samuel Holland capt. of the 60 Rt.
Fourth of 6 numbered plans for Québec citadel project.
Highly detailed plan and 3 sections of part of the fortifications.
See Governor James Murray's report on the government of Québec (Shelburne Papers (Clements Library), vol. 64, pp. 22-28), dated 5th June 1762.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8210
Barcode:
B1937654