| Cartographer | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
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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. 1755] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:1,100,000 |
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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--Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Ohio River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Wabash River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Erie, Lake
- North and Central America
- Ohio River
- Wabash River
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 43 x 66 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 and cartographer attribution from comparison with manuscript map in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France which is signed and dated by Bellin - see GE C-5183. Detail on the two maps differs slightly and this example, unsigned and undated by the cartographer, has a more elaborate and decorative title cartouche.
- Relief is shown pictorially.
- Shows decorative title cartouche at upper left containing the scale bar, "Echelle de Lieues Communes de France".
- Shows latitude and longitude, "Longitude Occidentale du Meridien de Paris".
- Shows forts.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,714.1. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "1" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 30/93" in pencil at lower left and "A 54" at lower right. Laid on linen. Label (?) to verso showing "DRAWER 3 SECTION 2" obscured by linen.
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