PLAN OF THE ENCAMPMENT OF THE ARMY AT LAKE GEORGE JUNE 1759

Ratzer, Bernard

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1759]

Surveyed by B. Ratzer.

[producer not identified]

Scale approximately 1:2,800

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--New York (State)--Lake George--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--New York (State)--Lake George--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Lake George (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Lake George
• New York
• North and Central America
• United States
• Warren (county)

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink ; 84 x 71 cm

• No known copyright restrictions.
• This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).

• Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
• Shows title at upper centre with lettered key beneath (A-H).
• Shows outline of Fort William Henry (now destroyed).
• Shows Fort George partially completed.
• Shows roads.
• Shows positions and names of troops camped at Lake George with the "Head Quarters" (a military tent) depicted pictorially.
• Surveyed by Bernard Ratzer, but consider Thomas Sowers as cartographer on stylistic grounds?
• Copy at Add Ms 57,713.3. In a solander box, R.U.S.I. Vol LXXV and LXXVIII. Comprises 2 sheets, joined and laid on linen. Red stamp of R.U.S.I. at upper centre. Green circular label to verso shows "8". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/8". Pressmark stamped in black ink to verso.