| Cartographer | Durell, Philip, -1766 |
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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 | Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770 |
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| Date | 1745 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:6,336 |
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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 | - Austrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military maps--Early works to 1800
- United States--History--King George’s War, 1744-1748--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- Louisbourg
- North and Central America
- Nova Scotia
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink over pencil ; 51 x 72 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 | - Sketch map for Maps K.Top.119.89. with a date of 1745 on the source.
- Shows title in a surround at upper right.
- "References to the Town" (A-L) appear in a surround at lower right and include batteries, bastions and the hospital.
- The scale is given at lower right.
- Error to scale. 2 1/2 inches is equal to 1/4 mile, but 1/2 mile is not 5 inches.
- Sounding depths and textual notes to aid navigation are given in the harbour.
- The lighthouse is depicted pictorially.
- Evidence of a grid system in pencil.
- Titled 'A drawn Plan of the Harbour and Fortifications of Louisbourg; the Harbour surveyed by Capt. Philip Durell, the Town and Fortifications by I. H. Bastide Engr' 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 drawn "Plan of the Harbour and Fortifications of Louisbourg; the Harbour surveyed by Capt. Philip Durell; the Town and Fortifications by J.H. Bastide, engineer for Nova Scotia; drawn on a scale of 600 feet to an inch: 2 f. 4 in. x 1 f. 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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