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A plan of Quebec
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- Inset title: Port & Environs of Quebec
- Inset title: Draught of Part of the River St. Lawrence
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- English
- Publication
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- [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Octobr. 1759 by E. Oakley & sold by J. Rocque near Round Court in the Strand, [Octobr. 1759]
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- 1 map : hand colored ; 31 x 36 cm, on sheet 33 x 52 cm
- OCLC
- ocm54656815
- Cartographic Data
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Scale [ca. 1:3,660]
- This military plan shows the city of Québec and its fortifications soon after being taken by the British in September 1759.
- State 2, with the month in the imprint revised to October 1759, and the second inset (A Draught of part of the River St. Laurence) added; the first state has a single inset plan, top left of the map, and the imprint: "Publish'd according to the Act of Parliament Jan 1759 ..."
- Oriented with north to the right.
- Relief is shown by hachures and ground cover is shown pictorially.
- Panel on the left contains summary of the city's history (40 lines) and a legend identifying the principal buildings.
- Insets: The Port & Environs of Quebec as it was when attack'd by the English -- A draught of part of the River St. Laurence.
- Scale determined by conversion of graphic scale (British yards). Scale of 300 yards = 7.5 cm. Scale not given for inset maps.
- Phillips, P.E. List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress, vol. 2, p. 733
- Stevens, H. Comparative cartography, entry 72b
- Also available on the Internet.