Plan of Fort William Henry and Camp at Lake George

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Plan of Fort William Henry and Camp at Lake George
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Item Information

Title:
Plan of Fort William Henry and Camp at Lake George
Associated name:
Eyre, William, active 1755
Date:
[ca. 1755]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Fort William Henry--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort William Henry--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort William Henry (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Warren (county) > Fort William Henry (area)
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink, over pencil ; 31 x 46 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:4,800
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002087309
Notes:
Consider Thomas Eyre as cartographer with a date of production of about 1755 from comparison with Maps K.Top.121.108.2., Maps K.Top.121.108.3. and Maps K.Top.121.109.
Compare also the map by William Eyre and drawn by Joseph Heath held by the Library of Congress (Call Number: Faden 22 Vault and full classification number: G3804.L22:2F6S26 1755 .H4 Faden 22).
Relief shown by shading.
Shows scale bar at lower right, "Scale of 700 Yards".
Shows descriptive text at centre left and upper centre.
Copy at Add Ms 15,535.2. Small red stamp of British Museum at upper left. Pasted in an album, verso not visible.
Notes (date):
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