[Map showing the disposition of General Amhert's boats and rafts]

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[Map showing the disposition of General Amhert's boats and rafts]
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Item Information

Title:
[Map showing the disposition of General Amhert's boats and rafts]
Associated name:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner:
Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791
Date:
[1759–1760]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Rafts--Maps, manuscript--Early works to 1800
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 32 x 41 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 not given
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002034118
Notes:
Shows the position of General Amhert's boats and rafts. Previous British Library cataloguing suggests they are depicted on the Saint Lawrence River. Alternatively, might the map show their situation on Lake George or Lake Champlain (his army of 11,000 men on rafts is referenced in his journals for July 21st 1759)?
Shows "Halifax Sloop".
Shows "rafts with canon", "Gen: Gage's light infantry" and names other officers.
Copy at Add Ms 21,686.79. Bound in a volume. Manuscript addition of "80" in pencil at upper right. with "79" to verso. Red stamp of British Museum to verso. Shows "Pro Patria" watermark.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.