PLAN of the FORT at PENSACOLA

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1763?–1767?]

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Scale approximately 1:600

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Florida--Pensacola--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Florida--Pensacola--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Pensacola (Fla.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Escambia (county)
• Florida
• North and Central America
• Pensacola
• United States

1 map : manuscript pen and ink, in red and black ; 36 x 48 cm

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• Date range attributed as map shows fort before alterations and enlargement in 1767 (?).
• Shows title at upper left.
• Shows lettered key (A-K) at upper right.
• Shows scale bar at lower right, "Scale 50 Feet in an inch".
• Compare "A PLAN of the FORT at PENSACOLA" - see Maps K.Top.122.96.
• Compare "Plan and Sections of the Fort at Pensacola, 1763. MS. 50 feet to 1 inch" held by The National Archives, Kew (CO 700/FLORIDA5).
• Copy at Add Ms 57,714.20. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Shows manuscript addition of "20" in pencil at upper right. Shows manuscript annotations in pencile of "C 20" at lower right and "A 30/60" at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "37". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso showsn "A 30/60".