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The Town and Harbour of Louisburg on the Island of Cape Breton on the Coast of Nova Scotia, taken from the French 17 June 1745

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Kashnor notes, "Only a few copies are known. The capture of Louisburg by Colonial forces was not a popular victory in England, mainly because it was the only real action of military value to the credit of the nation. The Colonials had eclipsed the trained forces of the Mother Country." "Drawn by I. Bellin Engineer." "T. Kitchin Sculp." MS note: 151. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Fathoms. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 606.
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17 June 1746
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105:606 S
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