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Nouveau plan du Lac ontario depuis Le fort frontenac jusquà Chouayguin, avec les isles Et Bancs qui y Sont

Map of Lake Ontario from Fort Frontenac to "Chouayguin" (Fort Chouaguen, later Fort Oswego).

Metadata

Cartographer	Laforce, René-Hippolyte, 1728-1802
Former owner	Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner	Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date	1757
Name on Item	Letout reconnu Et tirée par hypolitte Laforce En 1757.
Publisher	Letout reconnu Et tirée par hypolitte Laforce,
Scale	Scale not given
Language	French
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	North and Central America Ontario, Lake
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 43 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	Place of publication from Add Ms 57,707.10. Sounding depths are given. Oriented with north to the lower left of the map, indicated by a decorative compass arrow. Shows title, including cartographer's name and date, at lower centre. Names "Fort Frontenac" on the map. Copy at Add Ms 57,707.9. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXII. Shows manuscript addition of "9" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 27/29" in pencil at upper left and "A 66" at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "10". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 27 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 27/29".