| Cartographer | Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770 |
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| Associated name | Durell, Philip, -1766 |
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| Former owner | Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 |
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| Former owner | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |
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| Date | [ca. 1745] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:2,400 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Military art and science--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- Louisbourg
- North and Central America
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| Extent | 1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour, 86 x 50 cm |
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| Terms and License | - 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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| Notes | - relief shown by shading.
- Shows title at upper centre.
- Shows lettered key at lower left and continued to right of centre.
- shows inset at upper left "The Grand Battery cross the Harbour" at the same scale.
- Shows "Scale of Feet 20 to an Inch" at lower centre.
- Shows manuscript addition in ink in margin at lower right, "B: 16: F: 58".
- Compare other maps of Louisbourg linked to Bastide in the R.U.S.I. collection (Add Ms 57,702.8 / Add Ms 57,702.10 / Add Ms 57,702.11.), in the King's Topographical Collection (Maps K.Top.119.88.1 / Maps K.Top.119.88.2 / Maps K.Top.119.89 / Maps K.Top.119.90 / Maps K.Top.119.92 / Maps K.Top.119.93.) and in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan (Maps 4-B-17 - see Brun 32).
- Copy at Add Ms 57,702.9. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVII. Comprises 2 sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "C 9" in pencil at lower right. Shows red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "5". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/5". Manuscript addition to verso in pencil showing "C9". Paper shows fleur de lys watermark.
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