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Plan of the City and Environs of Quebec with its Siege and Blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to the 13th of May 1776

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Title: Plan of the City and Environs of Quebec with its Siege and Blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to the 13th of May 1776
Creator: Faden, William, 1749-1836, cartographer
Contributor: Faden, William, 1750?-1836, publisher
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1776-09-12
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "A very fine war plan, in colours, showing where Montgomery made his attack and the emplacement of batteries." A stunning map. Kershaw supplies appeared in information. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis W F. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Kershaw 1041; LC Phillips 1207,1337.. Verso Text: MS note: 120.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 45 x 62 cm., sheet 57 x 76 cm.
Identifier: 093:120 M
440400
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/9892
Language: English
Subject: Québec (Québec)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Maps
Time Period: 1776
Place: North America Canada Québec Québec Region
W 71°/N 47° approx.
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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