| Cartographer | Brasier, William |
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| Surveyor | De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799 |
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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 | 1759 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:4,800 |
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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)--Fort Ticonderoga--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Ticonderoga--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Essex (county)
- Fort Ticonderoga
- North and Central America
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 65 x 71 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 and by hachuring.
- Shows title and statement of responsibility in a simple surround at lower left.
- Shows lettered key (A-M) in a simple surround at lower right incorporating scale bars, "A Scale of feet 400 to an Inch" and "A Scale of Yards".
- Compare "PLAN of the FORT at TIENDEROGA and Environs, at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN November 1759 The Fort & Lines Survey'd by Lieu.t Brheam Assist. Engin.r, the Ground by W.m Brasier. W.m Brasier Del.t" (see Maps K.Top.121.106.).
- Copy at Add Ms 57,712.10. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVII. Shows manuscript addition of "10" in pencil at upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "48", with "49" added in pencil adjacent. White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/74", repeated in pencil. Pencil annotation shows "C 42" and "No 84". Large pencil annotation shows "Add 57712 f.10 AWI 84". Paper watermark shows "J VILLDARY"
- Exhibited: The American War of Independence 1775-83. A commemorative exhibition organized by the Map Library and the Department of Manscuscripts of the British Library Reference Division 4 July to 11 November 1975
- This map can be viewed as a georeferenced overlay in an interactive application made especially for We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence http://d2o8owo4k087al.cloudfront.net/index.html?mapId=49.
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