PLAN of the TOWN and FORTRESS of LOUISBOURG on the ISLAND CAPE BRETON : Surrender'd ye 16th June 1745 after a Seige of 12 days to the Hon:ble Peter Warren Esq.r Com.r in chief of all his Majesty's Ships in North America & the Hon.ble W.m Pepperell Esq.r lieu.t Gen.ll of his Majesty's New England Forces Rais'd by his Excell.y Governours Shirley for this Expedition

Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770

Durell, Philip, -1766

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[ca. 1745]

Taken & Drawn after the Seige by John Henry Bastide Chief Engineer for Nova Scotia. Plan B No. 1 The General Plan of the Town and Harbour went by Cap.n Durelle.

Taken & Drawn after the Seige by John Henry Bastide Chief Engineer for Nova Scotia,

Scale approximately 1:2,400

English

British Library

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• Military art and science--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Louisbourg (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Canada
• Louisbourg
• North and Central America
• Nova Scotia

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour, 86 x 50 cm

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• relief shown by shading.
• Shows title at upper centre.
• Shows lettered key at lower left and continued to right of centre.
• shows inset at upper left "The Grand Battery cross the Harbour" at the same scale.
• Shows "Scale of Feet 20 to an Inch" at lower centre.
• Shows manuscript addition in ink in margin at lower right, "B: 16: F: 58".
• Compare other maps of Louisbourg linked to Bastide in the R.U.S.I. collection (Add Ms 57,702.8 / Add Ms 57,702.10 / Add Ms 57,702.11.), in the King's Topographical Collection (Maps K.Top.119.88.1 / Maps K.Top.119.88.2 / Maps K.Top.119.89 / Maps K.Top.119.90 / Maps K.Top.119.92 / Maps K.Top.119.93.) and in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan (Maps 4-B-17 - see Brun 32).
• Copy at Add Ms 57,702.9. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVII. Comprises 2 sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "C 9" in pencil at lower right. Shows red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "5". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/5". Manuscript addition to verso in pencil showing "C9". Paper shows fleur de lys watermark.