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Add MS 57706
- Record Id:
- 040-001999736
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001999643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000533.0x0001c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096897184.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 57706
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXI. Large maps of Montreal.
1. 'Plan de la ville de Montreal . . .', signed 'Catalogne'; 1713. 1:1450 approx. 'Echelle de 100 toises' (= 134mm.). Map oriented with West-North-West at top. French. The King's Topographical Collection has no maps of Montreal as early as this. Amherst no. A 9. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.81A.
470 x 1330mm.
2. 'Plan . . . Montreal levé en l'année 1713 et l'enceinte a este rectifiée par M. de Beaucours ingenieur en chef 1714'. 1:1450. 'Echelle de cent dix toises' (= 150mm.). Corrected copy, in ink, of Add. 57706, f. 1. French. Amherst no. A 9. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.81B.
530 x 1700mm.
3. 'Plan de la ville de Montreal dedié a . . . le general Amherst commandant en chef les forces de Sa Majesté Britannique dans l'amerique septentrional par
. . . Paul Labrosse . . . 1760 le 18e 7bre'. 1:1100 approx. 'Echelle, 150 toises' (= 263mm.). Map oriented with North-West at top. French. Elaborate scutiform title cartouche, adorned with abundant curlicues and lightly stylised greenery. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.82.
695 x 1270mm.
includes:
- f. 1 Maps and Plans: Montreal: Gedeon de Catalogne, French military surveyor: Plan of Montreal signed —— Catalogne: 1713: Fr.
- f. 2 Maps and Plans: Montreal: de Beaucours, chief engineer [of Montreal?]: Gedeon de Catalogne, French military surveyor: Plan of Montreal, with improvements to defences by —— de Beaucorps; by Gedeon de Catalogne, copied and corrected by — de Beaucours: 1713, 1714: Fr.: Copy.
- f. 3 Maps and Plans: Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst: Montreal: Paul Labrosse, French military surveyor: Plan of town of Montreal, by Paul Labrosse, dedicated to Gen. Amherst: 1760: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
France in the Americas - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001999643
036-001999729
037-001999730
040-001999736 - Is part of:
- Add MS 57636-57722 : R.U.S.I. MAPS
Add MS 57701-57716 : G. NORTH AMERICA.
Add MS 57701-57710 : Canada.
Add MS 57706 : R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXI. Large maps of Montreal. 1. 'Plan de la ville de Montreal . . .', signed 'Catalogne'; 1713.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001999643[0007]/036-001999729[0001]/037-001999730[0006]/040-001999736
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 57636-57722
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100096897184.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1713
- End Date:
- 1713
- Date Range:
- 1713
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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