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Plan of a citadel on Cap Diamond for improving the fortification of Quebec / being Capt. Harry Gordon's engineer his project with some insignificant alterations, relative to an estimate of this date ; Quebec 12th April 1769, John Marr, engr.
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- Map/Atlas
- Author/Creator:
- Marr, John, active 18th century.
- Series:
- Colonial America (Marlborough, England)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Colonial Office.
- Great Britain. Army.
- Bastions.
- Fortification.
- Citadelle de Québec--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Citadelle de Québec.
- Fortification--Québec (Province)--Québec--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Bastions--Québec (Province)--Québec--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Buildings--Québec (Province)--Québec--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Buildings.
- Québec.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Defenses--America--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- Defenses.
- America.
- Great Britain. Army--Colonial forces--Québec (Province)--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain. Colonial Office--Archives.
- Genre:
- Maps.
- Archives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 manuscript) map : color
- Scale not given.
- Other Title:
- Plan of a citadel on Cape Diamond for improving the fortification of Quebec
- Cartographic Data:
- Scale not given.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1769.
- Notes:
- Cap Diamant redoubt, built by the French in 1693, was taken by the British Army in 1759 and incorporated into Kings Bastion in the present-day Citadelle de Québec.
- Includes: elevation view of magazine [1:120]; elevation of counterforts, detail of the revetment, section through the rampart, pier structure, and casemate [1:24]
- Hand color.
- "To His Excellency Brigr. General Carleton commanding His Majestys forces in the Northern District of North America &c. &c. &c."
- Volume reference numbers on publisher's website: MR 1/103.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2015. (Colonial America. Module 1)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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