Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre on the island of Guadaloupe : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships of war, detached from Commodore Moore & commanded by Capt. Wm. Harman, on the 14 February 1759

Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre on the island of Guadaloupe

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Title:
Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre on the island of Guadaloupe : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships of war, detached from Commodore Moore & commanded by Capt. Wm. Harman, on the 14 February 1759
Creator:
Rycaut, Edward, fl. 1756-1763
Contributor:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Name on Item:
drawn on the spot by Lieut. Col. Rycaut of the Marines
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--History--1756-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Guadeloupe (territory) > Grande-Terre (island) > Pointe-à-Pitre
Extent:
1 map ; 33 x 47 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q524n5382
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Thos. Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:6,500]
Language:
English
Notes:
Shows entrenchments, batteries, and bombardment by ships.
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Inset: Plan of the harbour of Point a Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe.
Includes references A-K and notes.
Dedication "To the Right Honourable Edward Boscawen ..."
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Phillips. List of maps of America, p. 292
Phillips, 1196
Identifier:
4000137_0110r
Call #:
G1105 .J4 1768
Barcode:
30000003256624