| Cartographer | CB |
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| Associated name | Sarrebource de Pontleroy, Nicolas, 1717-1802 |
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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 | 1758 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:270 |
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| Language | French |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Fortification--Québec (Province)--Beauport--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--Québec (Province)--Beauport--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Beauport (Québec)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Beauport
- Canada
- North and Central America
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 36 x 43 cm, on sheet 55 x 44 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 | - Shows a plan of the projected redoubt at Fort Beauport on the upper part of the sheet with a profile (section through the fort) below.
- Shows title at upper left including the signature "CB" (?), and "CANADA 1758" beneath.
- Date in title uses "Xbre" for December.
- Shows "Echelle de 20 T. a 3d P. Toises" at lower left.
- The lower part of the sheet shows the "Profil Sur La ligne AB" with its own scale "Echelle De 5 Toises 21 Pouce p. Toises" (scale approximately 1:72).
- Copy at Add Ms 57,704.6. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "6" in pencil at upper right. Shows manuscript addition of "13/426" in pencil at lower left. Shows manuscript addition of "No. 375" in ink at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Blue label to verso shows "B 426". Annotation to verso in ink (partially illegible) "en 1750 ... des Anglois". Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a roundel, surmounted by a crown.
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