Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758

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Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758
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Title:
Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758
Description:
Colored manuscript map of the 1758 siege of Louisbourg showing ships, troop positions, camps and batteries. Includes references to points of interest, notes and description of the English fleet.
Creator:
Lartigue, Pierre-Jérome, 1729-1772
Name on Item:
levé et dessiné par le Sr. Lartigue l'ainé de l'Isle Royalle.
Date:
[1758]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1758--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Louisbourg
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand col. ; 40 x 105 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. 1:11,500]
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Oriented with north towards the upper right.
Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by soundings.
In French.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_011754