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
1758 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: 1:9,600 approx. | RCIN 732060
The map extends from Fresh Water Cove in Gabarus Bay in the west where some of the British troops landed, eastwards to Flat Point, near where the provisions were landed, past the artillery landing place to Louisbourg, and including the bay and North East Harbour and surrounding area to the north-east of Louisbourg. New roads are marked, as well as the positions of British batteries, camps, etc.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, a key, A-I, to the detail on the map.]
Condition: three fold lines; a small tear to the bottom of each fold line; brown stains; double pin holes to each corner, and at intervals around the edges. Verso: brown stains; red ink smudges; surface dirt; bottom right, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a bell or beehive with one hole, C & I HONIG below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 844
Condition: three fold lines; a small tear to the bottom of each fold line; brown stains; double pin holes to each corner, and at intervals around the edges. Verso: brown stains; red ink smudges; surface dirt; bottom right, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:9,600 approx. Scale of 800 Feet to an Inch [101 mm =] 3200 feet.
47.6 x 110.2 cm (neatline)
48.3 x 110.8 cm (whole object)
49.9 x 111.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of LOUISBURG / and of the Encampments & Works of the Engleis Armee [corrected to:] Army under / the Command of Major General Amheur 1758. [bottom left]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, a key, A-I, to the detail on the map.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Louisbourg 8 June - 26 July 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right, red pencil, in Mason's hand?:] 64.
George III catalogue entry:
Louisbourg A drawn Plan of Louisbourg and of the Encampments and Works of the English Army under Maj. Gen.l Amherst in 1758. 2 sheets.
Subject(s)
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°55'00"N 59°57'54"E)
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3 November 2024
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