Newberry Library - Plan de la uille de Montreal en Canada, Nouuelle France dans l'Amerique septentrionale

Plan de la uille de Montreal en Canada, Nouuelle France dans l'Amerique septentrionale

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Title Plan de la uille de Montreal en Canada, Nouuelle France dans l'Amerique septentrionale

Creator Chaussegros de Lery, Gaspard-Joseph, 1682-1756

Date 1724

Place Québec--Montréal

Language French

Subjects Fortification, Manuscript maps, Plans (Maps)

Description Sheet 107 of 115 (i.e. 117; includes sheets 71A and 106A) numbered leaves in the Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, detailing French colonial interests worldwide, ca. 1640-ca. 1726.
Oriented with north at upper right.
Relief shown with shading.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, brown, yellow, red); mounted on cloth.
Related manuscript maps, dated 1729 and 1731, are held by the National Map Collection (Ottawa, Canada) and the British Library's Crown Collection. Reproduction of the NMC's copy held by the Newberry Library; the BL variant reproduced in Hulbert, Archer Butler. Crown Collection of photographs of American maps. Series 2 [Harrow, Engand: Fleming, 1909-1912]. Buisseret notes a third variant in the Archives Nationales (Paris). Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Plan of Montréal compiled by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, royal engineer in charges of defenses. Details fortifications; keyed to references A-C, I, K-O, R-T, and V.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 501 x 692 mm, on sheet 559 x 733 mm

Format Manuscript maps, Maps, Nautical charts

Archival Collection Title Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 107

BibID 991814678805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 8673px × 6388px 158.54 MB

Filename 991814678805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_107.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KMKD

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