Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fork of the Ohio and Monongahela in 1754

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Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fork of the Ohio and Monongahela in 1754
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Title:
Plan of Fort le Quesne, built by the French at the fork of the Ohio and Monongahela in 1754
Creator:
Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Contributor:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Duquesne (Pa.)--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Allegheny (county) > Pittsburgh
Extent:
1 map ; 33 x 31 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:
[London] : Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street and Thos. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,500]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Based on the plan drawn by Robert Stobo while a prisoner of the French in 1754.
Table of references identifies buildings and features of the fort.
"This plan was sent from America, as it had been taken by some curious French deserters."
Inset: [Cross-section of fort wall].
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Phillips, P. List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress, p. 268
Phillips, 1196
Identifier:
06_01_008139
Barcode:
30000002828963