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A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg, with the French batteries that defended it, and those of the English, shewing that part of Garbarus Bay in which they landed & the ground on which they encamped during the siege in 1745.
Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:42 500]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Rhumb lines. Soundings. Scale in miles. Additional Places: Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Inset: A plan of the city and fortifications of Louisburg from a survey made by Richard Gridley, Lt.Col. of the train of artillery in 1745. This important fortress was taken on June 17th 1745 after a seige of 49 days by nine regiments that were raised and equipped in 50 days in New England and commanded by Sr. Wllm. Pepperill, assisted by a fleet under the command of Commodore Warren, with the loss of 101 men killed & 30 that died by sickness. This place was afterwards restored to the French by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle. Universal Magazine for J.Hinton in Newgate Street. Scale ca. 1:4 250, Inset: A map of Gabarus Bay adjoining to Louisburg. Scale ca. 1:300 000. Disbound from the Universal Magazine.
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Object Details
| ID: | G246:4/43 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hinton, John; Gridley, Richard |
| Places: | Cape Breton Island |
| Date made: | [circa 1750] |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 27 x 37cm, on sheet 32 x 41cm. |