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COURS of ye ONONDAGA RIVER from ye three RIVERS to OSWEGO

Shows the present-day Oswego River from its junction with the Saint Lawrence River at Oswego (New York) in the north to its junction with the Oneida River in the south.

Metadata

Cartographer

Sowers, Thomas

Former owner

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Former owner

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Date

[1758]

Name on Item

By Tho. Sowers Eng.r.

Publisher

By Tho. Sowers Eng.r,

Scale

Scale approximately 31,680

Language

English

Location

British Library

Collection (local)

British Library Collection

Subjects
  • Fortification--New York (State)--Oswego River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • Navigation--New York (State)--Oswego River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • Oswego River (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places
  • New York
  • North and Central America
  • Oswego
  • Oswego (county)
  • United States
Extent

1 map on 3 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolourl ; 19 x 156 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 suggested from depiction of pentagonal Fort Ontario.
  • Oriented with north to the right of the map.
  • Shows title in a decorative banner at centre.
  • Shows scale bar at lower left, "Scale for ye Draught two inches to one Mile".
  • Shows navigational hazards on the river such as rifts.
  • Shows the road.
  • Copy at Add Ms 57,710.4. In a solander box, R.U.S.I. Vol LXXV and LXXVIII. Comprises 3 sheets, joined and laid on linen. Green circular label to verso showing "17". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso showing "A 30/94". Shows "A 79" and "A30/94" to verso in pencil. Pressmark stamped to verso in black ink.

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