Plan of Fort Levy upon one of the islands Gallops in the River St. Laurence, since named the Island Royall from its being fortified : besieged from the 22th of August till the 25th wen it surrenderd towards evening / surveyd by B. Ratzer.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Ratzer, Bernard.

Contributor:

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797.

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

National Archives (Great Britain)

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Series:

Colonial America (Marlborough, England)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

Great Britain. Army.

Fortification.

Chimney Island (N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800.

Chimney Island (N.Y.).

Fortification--New York (State)--Chimney Island--Maps--Early works to 1800.

France--Colonies--Defenses--America--Early works to 1800.

France.

Colonies.

Defenses.

America.

Great Britain. Army--Colonial forces--New York (State)--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Colonial Office--Archives.

New York (State).

Genre:

Archives.

Maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 manuscript) map)

Scale indeterminable.

Cartographic Data:

Scale indeterminable.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1760]

Notes:

Map of the French Fort Levis on Isle Royale (now Chimney Island near Galop Island in U.S. waters of the St. Lawrence, to the northeast of Chimney Point, near Ogdensburg, N.Y.). The fort is now submerged.

"Section through A.B." in lower left corner shows wall construction and gun emplacement at northeastern perimeter.

"In M[ajor] G[eneral] Amherst's of Octr. 4 1760."--Fragment pasted on lining paper of binding.

Originally part of Colonial Office file CO 5/59/553.

Volume reference numbers on publisher's website: MPG 1/4.

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015. (Colonial America. Module 1)

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