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Fortification--New York (State)--Crown Point--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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Military art and science--New York (State)--Crown Point--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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Fort Saint Frederic (Crown Point, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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Date attributed due to the map's similarity with Maps K.Top.121.48. where "1759" has been added in ink after the title.
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With a "Scale of 60 feet to an Inch for the Fort" across the bottom of the map.
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Title appears in a simple surround at lower right.
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Shows the windmill and citadel pictorially.
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With a simple compass rose in Lake Champlain orienting north to the top of the map.
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Compare with Maps K.Top.121.50. - two almost identical copies of the same map in the same hand.
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Titled "A drawn Plan of Crown Point or St. Frederick's Fort" 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.
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Titled 'A plan of "Crown Point, or St. Frederick's Fort, at the head of Lake Champlain and the mouth of Wood Creek, 1759;" drawn on a scale of 60 feet to an inch; 1f. x 8 1/2 in. (Three copies)' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
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