| Cartographer | Abercrombie, James, 1732-1775 |
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| Former owner | George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 |
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| Donor | George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 |
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| Date | 1756 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:140,000 |
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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)--George, Lake (Lake)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort William Henry (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Essex (county)
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Fort William Henry
- George, Lake
- New York
- North and Central America
- United States
- Warren (county)
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 48 x 33 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 | - A manuscript note in ink on the map's verso reads "A Sketch of Lake George Cap.tn Abercrombie" - this verso addition is in the same hand as three elevations in the collection at Maps K.Top.121.114.a. Maps K.Top.121.114.b. and Maps K.Top.121.114.c.
- Previous British Library cataloguing attributes a date of about 1756. Fort William Henry's construction was ordered in 1755 and the fort was destroyed in 1757, and is shown on this map.
- With "A scale of miles" where 8 miles are equal to 3 5/8 inch.
- With a lettered key (A-H) at upper right identifying locations of note.
- Shows Fort William Henry and Fort Carillon.
- Shows French and Canadian encampments near Fort Carillon.
- With a decorative compass rose orienting north on the map.
- Titled "A drawn sketch of Lake George, by Capt. Abercrombie" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
- Titled 'A colored "sketch of Lake George;" drawn by Capt. Abercrombie, about 1756, on a scale of 2 1/8 miles to an inch: 1 f. 8 in. x 1 f. 1 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
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