A Map of Niagara River or ye Straights between the Lakes Erie and Ontario with the Islands, Falls, and Rapids, as also the Carrying Place with its Road and distance

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Title:
A Map of Niagara River or ye Straights between the Lakes Erie and Ontario with the Islands, Falls, and Rapids, as also the Carrying Place with its Road and distance
Cartographer:
Demler, George
Former owner:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Name on Item:
Lay'd down in the Month of May 1760 by Geo. Demler Lieu.t 60.th Regim.t.
Date:
[1760]
Format:
Maps
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
New York > Niagara (county) > Old Fort Niagara
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink in black and red ; 33 x 92 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hx11z116j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Publisher:
[Fort Niagara?] : Lay'd down in the Month of May 1760 by Geo. Demler Lieu.t 60.th Regim.t,
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:63,360
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999738
Notes:
Relief is shown by shading.
Oriented with north to the right of the map.
Shows the river navigation by means of dotted line in red ink.
Shows paths and roads for the overland route from "Little Niagara" to Fort Niagara.
Shows the title, lettered key (A-M) and scale bar ("Scale of 8 miles") in a simple surround at lower right.
Copy at Add Ms 57,708.13. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIII. Comprises 2 sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "13" in pencil at upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "15". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 27 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso showing "A 27/33A" and repeated in pencil. Shows "A 53" in pencil to verso. Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield with "LVG" beneath.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.

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