COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
31162
accession_number
31162
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31162-000
file_name
31162-000
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Ca757 /3.1
call_number
Cabinet Ca757 /3.1
Call number
false
Map title:
A plan of the city and fortifications of Louisburg from a survey made by Richard Gridley, Lieut. Coll. of the Train of Artillery in 1745
map_title
A plan of the city and fortifications of Louisburg from a survey made by Richard Gridley, Lieut. Coll. of the Train of Artillery in 1745
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Thos. Jeffreys
publisher
Thos. Jeffreys
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1758
publication_date
1758
Publication date
false
Map size height:
38 cm.
map_size_height
38 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
62 cm.
map_size_width
62 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
item_description
Engraved map, colored
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Plan of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Includes text, index to fortification, "The profile," and insets of "A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg ... during the siege in 1758" and "A map of Gabarus Bay, adjoyning to Louisburg." Also includes, "This place was afterwards restored to the French by the Treaty of Aix la Chapel" and "Octob. 9, 1758."
geographical_description
Plan of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Includes text, index to fortification, "The profile," and insets of "A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg ... during the siege in 1758" and "A map of Gabarus Bay, adjoyning to Louisburg." Also includes, "This place was afterwards restored to the French by the Treaty of Aix la Chapel" and "Octob. 9, 1758."
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Revised state of the plate; borderline added, dates altered, and additions made showing the Siege of 1758. Some indications of 1745 siege deleted.
cartobibliographic_notes
Revised state of the plate; borderline added, dates altered, and additions made showing the Siege of 1758. Some indications of 1745 siege deleted.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Stevens & Tree, no. 27(b); Phillips, Maps:364
references
Stevens & Tree, no. 27(b); Phillips, Maps:364
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
The map was originally published soon after the siege of Louisbourg, 1745, and was here republished during the French and Indian War in North America.
historical_notes
The map was originally published soon after the siege of Louisbourg, 1745, and was here republished during the French and Indian War in North America.
Historical notes
false
Scale 1:
ca. 3,500
scale_1
ca. 3,500
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1758
normalized_date
1758
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
53432514
lc_bibliographic_number
53432514
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
creator
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Creator
false