Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Americaines in the night from the 5th to the 6th of July 1777

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Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga
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Title:
Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Americaines in the night from the 5th to the 6th of July 1777
Title (alt.):
Plan of Carillon or Ticonderoga
Position de l'armée ennemie proche le Lac Champlain le 24. 8.[bre?] 1777
Creator:
Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804
Contributor:
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Name on Item:
par Mr. Capitaine, A.d.C. du Général La Fayette
Date:
[1777]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Fort Ticonderoga Region (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Ticonderoga Region (N.Y.)--Defenses--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Ticonderoga Region (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Ticonderoga Region (N.Y.)--Maps, Topographic--Early works to 1800
Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Ticonderoga Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Fort Ticonderoga (historical)
Extent:
1 map : ms., col., cloth backing ; 68 x 52 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 [ca. 1:17,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/00557013
Notes:
Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777).
Relief shown by hachures.
Pen-and-ink, watercolors, and wash.
Sectioned (to 16 panels) and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 21 x 14 cm.
Includes note, index of "Position of the enemy's the 24th October 1777", and index of fortifications.
Parts of index in mixed English and French.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
ar300200