| Cartographer | Labrosse, Paul, 1697-1769 |
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| Former owner | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |
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| Date | [1750–1760] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:5,850 |
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| Language | French |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Fortification--Saint Lawrence River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--Saint Lawrence River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort de La Présentation--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - New York
- North and Central America
- Ogdensburg
- Saint Lawrence (county)
- Saint Lawrence River
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 36 x 67 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 | - Date from comparison with other maps by Paul Labrosse - see Add Ms 57,704.11. and Add Ms 57,706.3.
- Relief is shown pictorially.
- Oriented with north to the bottom of the map, indicated by a decorative compass rose.
- Shows "RIVER KATARAKOUI" for the Saint Lawrence River (an error?).
- Shows an "Echelle de 16 arpents" at centre left.
- The map is annotated with textual notes (in French) describing the terrain.
- Signed "PAUL LABROSSE FECIT AT LOWER RIGHT".
- Shows an inset view of Fort de la Présentation at upper right titled "Elevations et vué du fort de la Presentation de La Pointe marqué C au fort A" (where A marks the fort on the larger map and C is the point from which the elevation was drawn). The inset has its own scale, "Eschelle de 15 Toises pour L'Elevations seulement"(scale approximately 1:200).
- Copy at Add Ms 57,707.4. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXII. Shows manuscript addition of "4" in pencil at lower right, a small "19" and "4" at upper right, and "A 28/42" at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "17". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 2". Signed in ink to verso "Labrosse".
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