PART OF HUDSON'S RIVER

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PART OF HUDSON'S RIVER
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Item Information

Title:
PART OF HUDSON'S RIVER
Former owner:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date:
[1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Hudson River
Washington (county) > Fort Edward
Extent:
1 map on 4 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink ; 33 x 171 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 1:12,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999745
Notes:
Date suggested as the Royal Blockhouse (built 1759), on the west bank of the Hudson River, opposite Fort Edward is not shown.
Relief is shown by shading.
Shows Fort Edward, Fort Miller and "M.r Beans Camp" (?).
Shows roads.
Shows title at lower left.
Shows scale bar at lower centre.
Consider Thomas Sowers as cartographer based on style?
Copy at Add Ms 57,713.2. In a solander box, R.U.S.I. Vol LXXV and LXXVIII. Comprises 4 sheets, joined and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso shows "11". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 28 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/36". Pressmark stamped in black ink to verso.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.