Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre on the island of Guadaloupe : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships of war, detached from Commodore Moore & commanded by Capt. Wm. Harman, on the 14 February 1759

Rycaut, Edward, fl. 1756-1763

Jefferys, Thomas, -1771

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794

[1768]

drawn on the spot by Lieut. Col. Rycaut of the Marines

Thos. Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross

Scale [ca. 1:6,500]

English

Boston Public Library

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

• Seven Years' War, 1756-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
• West Indies--History--1756-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)--Maps--Early works to 1800

• Grande-Terre
• Guadeloupe
• North and Central America
• Pointe-à-Pitre

1 map ; 33 x 47 cm.

• No known copyright restrictions.
• No known restrictions on use.

• Shows entrenchments, batteries, and bombardment by ships.
• Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.
• Oriented with north to the upper right.
• Inset: Plan of the harbour of Point a Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe.
• Includes references A-K and notes.
• Dedication "To the Right Honourable Edward Boscawen ..."
• Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.