The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Map of Ticonderoga, 1758 (Ticonderoga, New York, USA) 43°50'55"N 73°25'24"W
c.1758Pencil, pen, ink and grey wash on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:21,200 approx. | RCIN 732069
A map of the area around Fort Ticonderoga, 1758. French and Indian War (1754-63). Oriented with north-east to top (cardinal points).
The northern end of Lake George is shown with the landing place used by Major Rogers and General Lyman with part of the Provincials together with the four-column march route of the army to Fort Ticonderoga, the location of a skirmish with the French, and the portage route from the landing place to the Saw Mill, and the line of Indian paths.
Charles Rivez (active 1758) (draughtsman)
General John Campbell, 4th Earl Loudon (1705-1782) (dedicatee)
Subject(s)
Army-USA-American Colonial forcesArmy-GBWatermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 856
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: the remains of a paper mount pasted to each corner
Scale: not stated. 1:21,200 approx.
26.8 x 17.9 cm (neatline)
27.4 x 18.5 cm (image)
28.3 x 19.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A Map / from the Landing Place / to / Tienderoga. [top left]
Dedication:
[top left, below title:] To His Excellency the Right / Honorable The Earl of Loudoun. / By His most obedient & most / Humble Servant / Charles Rivez.
Additional text:[top right, a key, 1-9:] EXPLANATION.
Annotations:
George III heading: Ticonderoga 8 July 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, obscured by paper patch:] 8/59; [centre, red pencil:] 56.
George III catalogue entry:
Ticonderoga A drawn Plan of the Environs of Ticonderoga relative to the attack on that place under the command of General Abercrombie, on the 8.th of July 1758: by Charles Rivez.
Subject(s)
Ticonderoga, New York, USA (43°50'55"N 73°25'24"W)
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