A PLAN of FORT EDWARD

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Rogers’ Rangers

1757

Scale approximately 1:600

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Fort Edward
• North and Central America
• United States
• Washington (county)

1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 47 x 61 cm

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• A date of about 1757 is attributed to the map as the key includes references to "last Summer 1756".
• Relief is shown by shading.
• With four inset profiles at upper left detailing profiles through the fort at a scale of 20 feet to an inch (1:240).
• With a list of references (G to V) beneath the title detailing the existing and proposed works.
• The references include mention of the "rangers" - Rogers' Rangers.
• Colour on the map is used to highlight the existing (red) and proposed (yellow) works.
• Titled "A drawn Plan of Fort Edward" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled 'A colored "plan of Fort Edward," shewing what was built up to the summer of 1756, and what remained to be done; drawn on a scale of 50 feet to an inch; with profils on a scale of 20 feet to an inch 2 f. x 1 f. 6 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.