| Cartographer | Bruce, Robert George |
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| Former owner | Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 |
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| Former owner | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |
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| Date | 1761 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:2,400 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Fortification--New Brunswick--Fort Cumberland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--New Brunswick--Fort Cumberland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Cumberland (N.B.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- Fort Beauséjour National Historic Park
- North and Central America
- Province of New Brunswick
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 52 x 74 cm |
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| Terms and License | - 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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| Notes | - Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
- Shows title at upper right including name of "R G Bruce" and date "Nov.r 1761" as well as a "Scale 200 Feet to an Inch".
- Shows Fort Cumberland, with proposed outworks marked in yellow, and the immediate environs of the ridge.
- Shows other buildings and features adjacent to the fort including "Inhabitants Houses" and their "Gardens", "Block House", "Free Stone Quarrys" and "The Ground marked by this line cannot be seen from the Fort or any Works on the Ridge of the hill, but may be Commanded by a Detached Work at E" (a proposed work is also shown at "E").
- Shows sections through the fort (marked "A-B" and "C-D" on the map) at lower left.
- Compare other manuscript maps of Fort Cumberland by Robert George Bruce in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,701.10. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI. Shows the red stamp of R.U.S.I. to the title at upper right. Shows manuscript addition of "10" in pencil at lower right, "C13" also at lower right and "A 28/59" at lower left. Laid on linen. Green circular sticker to verso with "2". Additional white label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 1". Additional blue label to verso showing "A 28/59". Paper watermark shows fleur de lys with "LVG" beneath.
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