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A survey of Lake Champlain : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John

A survey of Lake Champlain : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John

Descriptive Summary

Title: A survey of Lake Champlain : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John
Creator: Brasier, William.
Inclusive Dates: 1776
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 item(s)
Extent: 1 map : tinted ; 67 x 48 cm.
Collection Number: hmap1776b62
Repository: Hargrett Map Collection

Collection Description

Scope and Content

Alternate title: Particular plan of Lake George surveyed in 1756, by Capt. Jackson; Hand colored; Relief shown by hachures; Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776; Includes indexes to points of interest and descriptive text; Includes text, "Explanation of the engagement, between Valcour Island, and the Western Shore, October the 11th. 1776"; Inset: "A particular plan of Lake George surveyed in 1756, by Capt. Jackson"; In: Sayer, R. The American Military Pocket Atlas...[1776] no. 6; Phillips, Atlases, I, 1343, no. 6; Publication: London : Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett


Administrative Information

Custodial History

Forms part of the Moore purchase collection.

Preferred Citation note

A survey of Lake Champlain : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John, hmap1776b62, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Champlain, Lake -- History -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Champlain, Lake -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Maps.
Valcour Island, Battle of, N.Y., 1776 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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hmap1776b62A survey of Lake Champlain : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John. Surveyed by order of His Excellency Major-General Sr. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honble. Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, (now Lord Amherst) / by William Brassier, draughtsman. 1762, 1776 Access Online