| Cartographer | Demler, 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 | 1760 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:7,200 |
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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 York (State)--Old Fort Niagara--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science----New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Niagara (county)
- North and Central America
- Old Fort Niagara
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map on 3 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 46 x 80 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.
- Shows title in a simple surround at lower left including lettered key (A-D), textual remarks and the scale bar showing "Scale of 500 Fathoms". Also signed and dated at lower left.
- Shows Fort Niagara and its gardens.
- The key refers to "Traders Hutts latly burined" but these are not shown on the map.
- Shows in red a circle around the fort marking a distance line of 2000 yards.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,708.9. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIII. Comprises 3 (partial) sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "9" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 30/51" in pencil at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "27". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/51". Pencil annotation to verso showing "A 12" has been crossed through. Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield, with "LVG" beneath.
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