[Sketch map of the St Lawrence River from the Fort de la Présentation to Lake Ontario]

Laforce, René-Hippolyte, 1728-1802

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1760]

[René-Hippolyte Laforce]

Scale approximately 1:180,000

French

British Library

British Library Collection

• Rivers--Saint Lawrence River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Saint Lawrence River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• North and Central America
• Saint Lawrence River

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink ; 33 x 56 cm

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• Attribution to Laforce from previous British Library cataloguing (see citation).
• Date from depiction of fort "La presentation" which was renamed by the British in 1760.
• Sounding depths are given.
• Orients north to the bottom of the map.
• Shows scale at lower right, "ECHELLE DE 10 LIEUES".
• Compare also Add Ms 57,707.5. and Add Ms 57,707.6., and Add Ms 57,707.9. and Add Ms 57,707.10.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,707.7. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXII. Shows manuscript addition of "7" in pencil at lower right. Shows "A 28/48C" in pencil at lower left and "A 20" at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "23". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/48C". Paper watermarks shows a coat of arms.