The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Louisbourg, 1758 (Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada) 45°55'00"N 59°57'54"E
c.1758Pencil, pen, ink and some watercolour on three sheets of paper, joined; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:4,800 approx. | RCIN 732059.a
Additional text: [left, inside border, a key, A-I, K-O, continued on the right side of the map, P-T, V-Z, a-c, to the details on the map:] REFERENCES.
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt along right edge.
C.G. Kennedy (active 1758) (surveyor and draughtsman) [below title:] By C.G. Kennedy.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Fleur-de-lys
Mark, stamped: 842
Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt along right edge
Scale: 1:4,800 approx. Scale of 400 Feet to an Inch [134 mm =] 2000 Feet; [209 mm =] 1000 Yards.
28.2 x 138.1 cm (neatline)
30.0 x 138.5 cm (image)
30.9 x 139.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A PLAN of the Coast of GABARUS BAY from the West end of / KENNINGTON COVE to WHITE POINT shewing the several / Batteries and Retrenchments made by the FRENCH to oppose / the landing of his BRITANICK MAJESTY’S Troops. [top centre]
Additional text:
[left, inside border, a key, A-I, K-O, continued on the right side of the map, P-T, V-Z, a-c, to the details on the map:] REFERENCES.
Annotations:
George III heading [on a white paper strip pasted to verso:] Louisbourg 8 June 1758.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Louisbourg A drawn Plan of the Coast of Gabarus Bay in the vicinity of Louisburg, from the West end of Kennington Cove to White Point, shewing the several Batteries and Entrenchments made by the French to oppose the landing of His Britannic Majesty’s Troops under Major General Amherst on the 8.th of June 1758: by Captain Kennedy. 3 small sheets; inclosing another copy of D.o.
Subject(s)
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°55'00"N 59°57'54"E)
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