Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), Mohawk River, Niagara region, and Lake Ontario in New York Province

[ca. 1757–1760]

Not drawn to scale

English

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Collection

• New York (State)--Maps, Pictorial--Early works to 1800
• New York (State)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps, Pictorial--Early works to 1800
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Mohawk River (N.Y.)--Maps, Pictorial--Early works to 1800
• Mohawk River (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
• Powder flasks--Early works to 1800

• Hudson River
• Mohawk
• North and Central America
• United States

1 map on powder horn : ms., bovine horn, pewter ; 32 cm. long, 9 cm. diam.

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• Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn.
• Present title devised by cataloguer.
• Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked.
• Has pewter pouring spout attached at narrow end and hinged pewter cap attached at wide end.
• Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom.
• Includes pictorial depiction of the rivers, names of riverside forts and towns (including New York, Albany, Niagara, and Lake Champlain), pictorial representation of houses, view of "New York" at wide end, and British coat-of-arms with motto "Dieu et Mon Droit".