| Cartographer | Sowers, Thomas |
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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 31,680 |
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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 | - Fortification--New York (State)--Oswego River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Navigation--New York (State)--Oswego River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Oswego River (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - North and Central America
- Oswego
- Oswego (county)
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map on 3 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolourl ; 19 x 156 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 | - Date suggested from depiction of pentagonal Fort Ontario.
- Oriented with north to the right of the map.
- Shows title in a decorative banner at centre.
- Shows scale bar at lower left, "Scale for ye Draught two inches to one Mile".
- Shows navigational hazards on the river such as rifts.
- Shows the road.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,710.4. In a solander box, R.U.S.I. Vol LXXV and LXXVIII. Comprises 3 sheets, joined and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso showing "17". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/94". Shows "A 79" and "A30/94" to verso in pencil. Pressmark stamped to verso in black ink.
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