LAKE GEORGE

Wetterstrom, Gustavus C.

George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

1756

Laid down by me in the month of October 1756. G. C. Wetterstrom Capt. of R.A.R.

Scale approximately 1:24,000

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Lakes--New York (State)--George, Lake (Lake)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort William Henry (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Fort William Henry
• George, Lake
• New York
• North and Central America
• United States
• Warren (county)

1 map on 3 sheets : joined and laid on linen, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 50 x 160 cm

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• Shows relief pictorially.
• Oriented with north to the right of the map, indicated by two decorative compass roses within the lake.
• Shows a "Scale of Ang.L myles" and "Scale of 15000 feets" where 3 miles are equal to 7 4/5 inches.
• Shows a pictorial sailing vessel and safe passage through The Narrows indicated.
• Shows (but does not name) Fort William Henry.
• A photostatic reproduction this map is held by the Newberry Library. In: Hulbert, Archer Butler. The Crown Collection of photographs of American maps. Series 1 (Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1907). Call Number: folio Ayer 136 .H91 1907 ser. 1, v. 3, pl. 30-31 (PrCt).
• Titled "A drawn Plan of Lake George, by capt. wetterstrom, Oct. 1756. Two sheets" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
• Titled 'A plan of "Lake George, laid down by me in the month of October, 1756, G.C. Wetterström, Capt. of R.A.R.;" drawn on a scale of 2000 feet to an inch: 5 f. 4 in. x 1 f. 8 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.