Plan du port et de la ville de Louisbourg : avec ses batteries et sa perspective, où est réprésenté les batteries faites par les anglais pour l'attaque de la ditte ville
Item Information
- Title:
- Plan du port et de la ville de Louisbourg : avec ses batteries et sa perspective, où est réprésenté les batteries faites par les anglais pour l'attaque de la ditte ville
- Description:
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Details 1745 siege and capture of French fort at Louisbourg on Nova Scotia by British forces comprised of New England troops. Keyed to references A-O and 1-5.
- Date:
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[1745?]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- Newberry Library
- Collection (local):
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Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
- Subjects:
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Fortification--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Louisbourg (N.S.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Cape Breton Island (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748--Campaigns--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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CanadaNova Scotia (province)Cape Breton Island (island)
CanadaNova Scotia (province)Louisbourg
- Extent:
- 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 312 x 766 mm. on sheet 551 x 1,403 mm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:11,300]
- Language:
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French
- Catalog Record:
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https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991482488805867
- Notes:
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Includes inset map (187 x 276 mm.): Isle royale; and 2 views (171 x 1,321 mm. and 114 x 272 mm.): Veüe de la ville de Loüisbourg, and, Veüe de la batterie royale.
Oriented to the northeast.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, yellow, red, gray); sectioned and mounted on cloth.
Related to ms. in the Archives du Service Hydrographique (Paris), no. SHA 131-11-6. Reproduced as plate 5 in Baker, Raymond F. A campaign of amateurs : the siege of Louisbourg, 1745 (Canadian historic sites ; no. 18) Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, 1978.
- Call #:
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Ayer MS map 196