A Map of Niagara River or ye Straights between the Lakes Erie and Ontario with the Islands, Falls, and Rapids, as also the Carrying Place with its Road and distance

Demler, George

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1760]

Lay'd down in the Month of May 1760 by Geo. Demler Lieu.t 60.th Regim.t.

Lay'd down in the Month of May 1760 by Geo. Demler Lieu.t 60.th Regim.t,

Scale approximately 1:63,360

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• New York
• Niagara (county)
• North and Central America
• Old Fort Niagara
• United States

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink in black and red ; 33 x 92 cm

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• This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).

• Relief is shown by shading.
• Oriented with north to the right of the map.
• Shows the river navigation by means of dotted line in red ink.
• Shows paths and roads for the overland route from "Little Niagara" to Fort Niagara.
• Shows the title, lettered key (A-M) and scale bar ("Scale of 8 miles") in a simple surround at lower right.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,708.13. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIII. Comprises 2 sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "13" in pencil at upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "15". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 27 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso showing "A 27/33A" and repeated in pencil. Shows "A 53" in pencil to verso. Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield with "LVG" beneath.