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A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg, with the French batteries that defended it, and those of the English shewing that, part of Gabarus Bay, in which they landed, and the ground in which the encamped during the Seige in 1745

Description

Lithographed to accompany the report on Canadian Archives for 1886, by Douglas Brymner, Archivist. Shows the town, harbour, and fortification of Louisbourg in the French colony of Île Royale (now part of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia) as it would have been during the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745.

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Title:

A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg, with the French batteries that defended it, and those of the English shewing that, part of Gabarus Bay, in which they landed, and the ground in which the encamped during the Seige in 1745

Creator(s):

Richard Gridley, Surveyor

Creator(s):

Mortimer & Co. Ottawa, Lithographer

Publisher(s):

Mortimer & Co.

Type:

cartographic

Genre:

Early maps

Date:

1886

Date (added):

2019:01:10 14:08:30
2019-01-10T09:08:30

Subject(s):

Louisbourg (N.S.) -- History -- Siege, 1745 -- Maps
Louisbourg (N.S.) -- Maps -- To 1800
King George's War, 1744-1748
Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748
1886
1745

Extent:

1 map : black & white ; 38 x 61 cm, on sheet 45 x 65 cm

Physical form:

Maps

Resolution:

600

Width (px):

15630

Height (px):

11274

Image orientation:

normal*

Colour space:

RGB

Scanning software:

Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385

Note:

Scale is ca. 1 : 21,120.

Note:

Map is divided into two main parts. The left portion is a labelled map of the fortification. The right side shows the area surrounding Louisbourg, including the Harbour of Louisbourg and part of Gabarus Bay. Regiment camps are marked, and the actions of various fleets in different areas are described. The lower right hand corner contains a small map of the entire Bay of Garbarus.

Identifier (local):

G/3434/L6 R4/21/1745

Identifier (MD5):

30c11cae15c03cb9c6490967c724346f

Funding:

Material digitized as part of an Academic Innovation Fund (AIF), awarded in 2018. For more information see: http://avptl.info.yorku.ca/academic-innovation-fund/ .

Municipality:

Louisbourg

Province:

Nova Scotia

Country:

Canada

Continent:

North America

Coordinates:

45.919865, -59.972807

Rights/Usage:

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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