Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758

Title:: Carte topographique du port et de la ville de Louisbourg, assiegé par les Anglais pendant les mois de Juin, Juillet 1758
Description:: Colored manuscript map of the 1758 siege of Louisbourg showing ships, troop positions, camps and batteries. Includes references to points of interest, notes and description of the English fleet.
Creator:: Lartigue, Pierre-Jérome, 1729-1772
Name on Item:: levé et dessiné par le Sr. Lartigue l'ainé de l'Isle Royalle.
Date:: [1758]
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:: George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
Collection (local):: Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:: Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1758--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:: Canada > Nova Scotia (province) > Louisbourg
Extent:: 1 manuscript map : hand col. ; 40 x 105 cm.
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Scale:: Scale [ca. 1:11,500]
Language:: French
Referenced by:: MVLA record
Notes:: Oriented with north towards the upper right.
Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by soundings.
In French.
Notes (date):: This date is inferred.
Identifier:: 06_01_011754