Plan de la ville de Louisbourg avec les ouvrages d'attaque des Anglais pour sa reddition, ainsi que ceux des assiegés pr. la deffense de la place, cette presente année 1758

Containers:

Closed Stacks, Drawer 34

Creator:

Lartigue, Pierre-Jerome, 1729-1772

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

Colored manuscript map of the 1758 siege of Louisbourg showing ships, troop positions, and batteries. Includes references to points of interest. Oriented with north to the upper right. Colored manuscript map of Cape Breton Island showing fortifications and batteries. Includes a table listing troop distribution, references to points of interest, and notes.

Language:

French .

Custodial history:

Client reference #232; WAG #289319

Sotheby's New York, 11 June 2013, lot #83.

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:7,400] ; Scale [ca. 1:600,000]. Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by soundings. In French.

Physical description:

Some general foxing, staining in margins

Physical facet:

2 manuscript maps on 1 sheet : hand colored

Dimensions:

33 x 43 cm and 33 x 46 cm, on sheet 37 x 108 cm

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

Lartigue, Pierre-Jerome, 1729-1772

Places:

Louisbourg (N.S.)
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Cape Breton Island (N.S.)

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