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[Map of Fort Detroit and environs]

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Former owner	Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791
Date	[1761–1763]
Publisher	[producer not identified]
Scale	Scale not given
Language	French
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Fortification--Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Military art and science--Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Fort Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Sandusky Bay (Ohio)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Erie, Lake--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Detroit Erie, Lake Michigan North and Central America Ohio Sandusky Bay United States Wayne (county)
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour, over pencil ; 24 x 39 cm
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Date attributed as map shows "Fort du Detroit", but also "Sandusky blockhouse" on the south side of Sandusky Bay which was burned in 1763 (not to be confused with the later fort that was built on the north side of the bay). Shows sailing directions from Lake Erie to Fort Detroit with textual instructions in French. Copy at Add Ms 21,686.72. Bound in a volume. Manuscript addition of "72" in pencil to recto. Laid on archival tissue. Evidence of old folds.