Plan du port et de la ville de Louisbourg en l'Isle Royale, et des Attaques faites par les Anglois pendant le Siége depuis le 8 juin jusqu'au 26 juillet 1758

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Item Information

Title:
Plan du port et de la ville de Louisbourg en l'Isle Royale, et des Attaques faites par les Anglois pendant le Siége depuis le 8 juin jusqu'au 26 juillet 1758
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 : colored ; 41.8 x 71 cm
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale indeterminable.
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
North oriented toward upper right.
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures.
Shows details of the British siege in the summer of 1758.
Includes depiction of sailing ship, and the location of six sunken vessels blocking entrance to the port.
Map contains numerous pinholes, used for transferring image.
Map also contains letters and numbers; key lacking.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8201
Barcode:
B8161791