COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
01541
accession_number
01541
Accession Number
false
File Name:
01541-000
file_name
01541-000
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Cj755 /1 Ms
call_number
Cabinet Cj755 /1 Ms
Call number
false
Map title:
The Draught of Genl. Braddocks Route towards Fort DuQuesne as deliver'd to Capt. McKeller Engineer
map_title
The Draught of Genl. Braddocks Route towards Fort DuQuesne as deliver'd to Capt. McKeller Engineer
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
S.l.
place_of_publication
S.l.
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
15th of Sept. 1755
publication_date
15th of Sept. 1755
Publication date
false
Map size height:
29 cm.
map_size_height
29 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
38 cm.
map_size_width
38 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Manuscript map
item_description
Manuscript map
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the route taken by General Braddock's troops to Fort Duquesne, present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, location of rivers, and some topographical details. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at left.
geographical_description
Map of the route taken by General Braddock's troops to Fort Duquesne, present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, location of rivers, and some topographical details. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at left.
Geographical description
false
References:
John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1908, p. 3, 1913, p. 25
references
John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1908, p. 3, 1913, p. 25
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Gist, an American frontiersman, was commissioned by the Ohio Company to survey its territory from 1750 to 1752, exploring Kentucky well before the more famous Daniel Boone. He served as guide on General Edward Braddock's unsuccessful campaign against Fort Duquesne in 1755.
historical_notes
Gist, an American frontiersman, was commissioned by the Ohio Company to survey its territory from 1750 to 1752, exploring Kentucky well before the more famous Daniel Boone. He served as guide on General Edward Braddock's unsuccessful campaign against Fort Duquesne in 1755.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1755
normalized_date
1755
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Gist, Christopher, ca. 1706-1759
creator
Gist, Christopher, ca. 1706-1759
Creator
false