| Cartographer | Pfister, Francis, 1740-1777 |
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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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| Contributor | Montrésor, John, 1736-1799 |
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| Date | 1764 |
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| Scale | Scales differ |
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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 | - Military maps--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Erie (Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Erie, Lake--Defences--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Erie, Lake
- North and Central America
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| Extent | 2 maps and 3 building cross sections on 1 sheet : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; sheet 28 x 46 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 pictorially.
- Composite sheet comprising 5 separate elements, each with its own scale. The larger map to the right of the sheet shows Fort Erie's situation at the upper end of Lake Erie, drawn at a scale of 900 yards to one inch (1:22,000), with Buffalo Creek named on the opposing side. The left side of the sheet comprises a detailed plan of Fort Erie at the scale of 70 feet to one inch (1:840). In the centre of the sheet are three cross sectional drawings of the fort at the scale of 15 feet to one inch (1:180).
- A manuscript note at lower left reads "Built under the direction of John Montresor Engineer 1764".
- Titled 'A colored chart of the upper part of Lake Erie ; on a scale of 900 yards to an inch : with a "plan of Fort Erie, built under the direction of John Montresor, engineer, 1764;" on a scale of 200 feet to an inch ; the sections on a scale of 15 feet to an inch ; drawn by Francis Pfister, 1764 : 1 f. 6 in. x 11 in.' in the 'Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum'.
- Titled "A drawn Plan of Fort Erie, built under the directions of John Montresor, Engr. 1764 ; drawn by F.Pfister, 1764" 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.
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