| 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 | 1755 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:5,200 |
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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)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Fort Edward
- New York
- North and Central America
- United States
- Washington (county)
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 32 x 20 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 is shown by shading.
- With a "Scale of 600 Yards" at lower right where 600 yards is equal to 4 1/8 inch.
- Shows present-day Rogers Island and the environs of Fort Edward.
- Names "Hudsons River".
- Shows the roads to Fort William Henry and from Albany.
- With a compass orienting north to the top of the map.
- Text follows the title at lower right; "This work is so situate, as not to be nearer than 600 Yards of any Ground higher than that which it stands on, all within that Distance is either on a Level, or lower than it. In it is one Magazine for Powder & the necessary Barracks and Store houses".
- Copied from William Eyre's map of Fort Edward dated 1755? See Maps K.Top.121.55.
- Titled "A drawn Sketch of Fort Edward on Hudson's River, Province of New York" 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 "Another copy of the preceding, on the same scale" where the preceding was 'A "plan of Fort Edward: .... it's designed to contain a garrison of 400 men; there is one magazine for powder, and the necessary barracks and storehouses are now a building; William Eyre, engr., Nov. 13th, 1755;" drawn on a scale of 200 yards to an inch: 9 1/2 in. x 8 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
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