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Quebec. Ville de L'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France. [cartographic material]

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Description: Manuscript map, copied approximately 1757, of a plan of Québec drawn by Robert de Villeneuve in 1690. The map shows the city, harbor and fortifications, including batteries and gun placements. Lightly washed with color, fort and gun sights from the fort are drawn in red. A printed version of Villeneuve's map may be found in Winsor, Justin. A narrative & critical history of America. 1884. Vol. IV:354.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1757
Call number: mssHM 15467
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 105, No. 768, 1927.
Dimensions: 21 x 29 cm
Associated people: Villeneuve, Robert de, (approximately 1645-after 1692,); Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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Quebec : Ville de l'Amerique septentrionale capitale du Canada a 46 degr. 55 min de latitude avec Titre d'Eveche [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map of Québec and surrounding French settlements. Drawn by Charles Rivez around 1757, it appears to be based on an earlier plan by Robert Villenueve showing the attack on Quebec on October 1690.

mssHM 15428

Part of the Island of Newfoundland: [showing St. John's Harbour]. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, one of a group of three depicting Newfoundland. Appears to be a copy, made 1800 or later, of an earlier map. Shows the contemporary fort located to the north of the town, a proposed, much enlarged fort on the hills behind the town, the town and St. John's Harbour with gun batteries. Colored.

mssHM 15465 map 1

Riviere de Canada [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript chart of the St. Lawrence River from Québec to the western tip of the Isle of Anticosti. With four inset maps of Les Sept Îsles, Îsle d'Orléans, Havre St. Nicolas and Pointe aux Alouettes. Drawn by Charles Rivez, apparently from a Dutch map, approximately 1757.

mssHM 15437

Chart of the River St. Lawrence from Anticosti to Quebec [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Detailed manuscript chart of the St. Lawrence River from Québec to the western end of Anticosti Island. Drawn by Charles Rivez. "The Explanation" states that the map was assembled from various sources, notably: a chart published in Boston in 1732; Maps and surveys done by Mr. Bellin and others, approximately 1755; Captured maps (dated 1737) from the Alcide, taken in June 1755 by Admiral Boscawen. The inset map is titled "Part of the River St. Lawrence" depicts the head of the St. Lawrence at Québec, with the shipping and coast lines around the Île d'Orléans shown in detail. Scale for the inset is given in bar graph as 3/4 inch to 1 English league.

mssHM 15432

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

A manuscript map showing Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick (formerly Fort Beauséjour). Copy by Charles Rivez; the "Explanation" is in another hand. The map shows the profile of the fortifications for several sections. Kashnor attributes the original to Richard Gridley.

mssHM 15414

Plan de la riviere de Canada [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript chart of the St. Lawrence River from the Island of Anticosti to Québec, locating the mouths of rivers, capes and shoals. Documents the operations against Louisburg in 1756. Endorsed on back by Lord Loudon: "Plan of the River St. Lawrence from Sir Charles Hardy taken in a prize." A copy drawn by Samuel Holland, approximately 1757.

mssHM 15435

Quebec. Ville de L'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France. [cartographic material]

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