CROWN POINT or ST. FREDERICK'S FORT at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN and the Mouth of WOOD CREEK

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CROWN POINT or ST. FREDERICK'S FORT at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN and the Mouth of WOOD CREEK
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Item Information

Title:
CROWN POINT or ST. FREDERICK'S FORT at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN and the Mouth of WOOD CREEK
Former owner:
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Donor:
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Date:
1759
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Crown Point--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Crown Point--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Saint Frederic (Crown Point, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Essex (county) > Crown Point (cape)
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 22 x 30 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale approximately 1:720
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01016739326
Notes:
Date attributed due to the map's similarity with Maps K.Top.121.48. where "1759" has been added in ink after the title.
With a "Scale 60 feet to an Inch" across the bottom of the map.
Title appears in a simple surround at lower right.
Shows the windmill and citadel pictorially.
With a simple compass rose in Lake Champlain orienting north to the top of the map.
Compare with Maps K.Top.121.49. - two almost identical copies of the same map in the same hand.
Titled "A drawn Plan of Crown Point or St. Frederick's Fort" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Titled 'A plan of "Crown Point, or St. Frederick's Fort, at the head of Lake Champlain and the mouth of Wood Creek, 1759;" drawn on a scale of 60 feet to an inch; 1f. x 8 1/2 in. (Three copies)' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.