COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
35698
accession_number
35698
Accession Number
false
File Name:
35698-2
file_name
35698-2
File Name
false
Call number:
E755 R311d / 1-SIZE
call_number
E755 R311d / 1-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
Environs de Quebec. Bloque par les Americains du 8. Decembre 1775. au 13. Mai 1776.
map_title
Environs de Quebec. Bloque par les Americains du 8. Decembre 1775. au 13. Mai 1776.
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Paris
place_of_publication
Paris
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Chez le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins
publisher
Chez le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1777
publication_date
1777
Publication date
false
Map size height:
22.5 cm.
map_size_height
22.5 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
29.7 cm.
map_size_width
29.7 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Plan of Quebec City showing the blockade by the Americans from December 8, 1775, to May 13, 1776. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, topographical details, location of the river, fortifications, and battalions. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at right.
geographical_description
Plan of Quebec City showing the blockade by the Americans from December 8, 1775, to May 13, 1776. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, topographical details, location of the river, fortifications, and battalions. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at right.
Geographical description
false
Source title:
Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale
source_title
Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale
Source title
false
Source place:
A Paris : chez le Sr. Le Rouge ingenieur geographe du Roy, et de S.A.S.M. le Comte de Clermont, Rue des Augustins, 1755
source_place
A Paris : chez le Sr. Le Rouge ingenieur geographe du Roy, et de S.A.S.M. le Comte de Clermont, Rue des Augustins, 1755
Source place
false
References:
Phillips, P.L. Atlases, p. 735
references
Phillips, P.L. Atlases, p. 735
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Invested in a siege that could last for months and faced with their troops' expiring enlistments on January 1, the American commanders arranged an attack on Quebec's formidable defenses for the early morning of December 31, 1775. The two-pronged attack was quickly detected and Montgomery and fifty others were killed. Arnold and thirty-six others were wounded, and 387 Americans were taken prisoner. British losses were seven killed and eleven wounded. The frontal attack had failed, but the siege dragged on throughout the winter. By spring it was apparent that the Americans could not take Quebec, and in May, when the British fleet sailed up the St. Lawrence toward the capital, the Americans fled after the battle of Three Rivers on June 8 , 1776.
historical_notes
Invested in a siege that could last for months and faced with their troops' expiring enlistments on January 1, the American commanders arranged an attack on Quebec's formidable defenses for the early morning of December 31, 1775. The two-pronged attack was quickly detected and Montgomery and fifty others were killed. Arnold and thirty-six others were wounded, and 387 Americans were taken prisoner. British losses were seven killed and eleven wounded. The frontal attack had failed, but the siege dragged on throughout the winter. By spring it was apparent that the Americans could not take Quebec, and in May, when the British fleet sailed up the St. Lawrence toward the capital, the Americans fled after the battle of Three Rivers on June 8 , 1776.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1777
normalized_date
1777
Normalized date
false