Add MS 57710

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXV (1-4). Large maps.

1. 'The River St Lawrence. The fort survey'd by Lt. Ratzers, the river & islands by Wm Brasier'; 18th cent. 1:7200. 'Scale of feet 600 to an inch'. Scale bar of 4300 feet (= 7.3 inches). The map is intended to show the position of Fort William Augustus; there are no other names marked. Amherst no. C 28. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.26.

695 x 925mm.

2. 'Carte de la riviere de Katarakoüi', by Paul Labrosse; 1750. 1:151200 approx. 'Echelle de 5 lieux' (= 147mm.). Partly French. Copy, by an English hand, of a French map found at Quebec in 1750; there are pencil notes in French. Add. 57709, f. 1 may be another copy from the same original. The original was presented by Labrosse to the Marquis de la Jonquière, the Governor-General, and François Bigot, the Intendant. Cf. K. Top. CXIX.16, which is a much smaller map. Amherst no. A 43. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.41.

495 x 1390mm.

3. Plan of settlement on the Bay of Quinte, or St George's Bay; 18th cent. No scale given. Presented to the Institution by Lt. Humfrey, 88th Regt. R.U.S.I. no. A 28.18.

680 x 1015mm.

4. 'Cours of ye Onondaga River from ye three rivers to Oswego . . . by Thos Sowers Engr'; circa 1758. 1:31680. 'Scale for ye draught two inches to one mile'. Scale bar of 7 miles (= 14 inches). Map oriented with West-South-West at top. Amherst no. A 79. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.94.

190 x 1560mm.

includes:

• f. 1 Maps and Plans: William Brasier, alias Brazier; surveyor: River St. Lawrence: Bernard Ratzer, military surveyor: Fort William Augustus, on island in St Lawrence R: Map of St. Lawrence River, showing position of Ft. William Augustus, surveyed by Bernard Ratzer and William Brasier: 18th cent.
• f. 2 Maps and Plans: River St. Lawrence: Paul Labrosse, French military surveyor: Pierre-Jacques or Jacques-Pierre de La Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière; Governor-general of Quebec: Francois Bigot, intendant of Quebec: Map of R. 'Cataraqui' (St Lawrence R.) by Paul Labrosse, presented to Marquis de la Jonquière, as Governor-general of Quebec, and F. Bigot, as Intendant: 1750: Partly Fr.
• f. 3 Maps and Plans: Bay of Quinte, Ontario: Map of settlement at Bay of Quinte: 18th cent.
• f. 4 Maps and Plans: Captain Thomas Sowers, military surveyor: Oswego, on L. Ontario: River Onondaga: Three Rivers, Quebec: Plan of Onondaga R. from Oswego to Three Rivers, by Capt. Thomas Sowers: circa 1758.