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Source Description
The massive French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island controlled access to Canada and provided a base for raiding the northern British colonies. It was thus a great triumph for New England when in June 1745 it was besieged and captured by an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley. Portraitist Peter Pelham (1697-1751) engraved this exquisite plan drawn by fellow Bostonian Richard Gridley, who had commanded artillery at the siege. The print is an example of how Pelham, Thomas Johnston, James Turner and other Boston engravers supplemented their income by applying their talents to mapmaking.
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z603vm811
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Plan of the city and fortress of Louisbourg
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map
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1
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z603vm811
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map
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normalized
title
Plan of the city and fortress of Louisbourg
description
The massive French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island controlled access to Canada and provided a base for raiding the northern British colonies. It was thus a great triumph for New England when in June 1745 it was besieged and captured by an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley. Portraitist Peter Pelham (1697-1751) engraved this exquisite plan drawn by fellow Bostonian Richard Gridley, who had commanded artillery at the siege. The print is an example of how Pelham, Thomas Johnston, James Turner and other Boston engravers supplemented their income by applying their talents to mapmaking.
date
["[1746]"]
year
1746
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
creators
Gridley, Richard, approximately 1710-1796
Pelham, Peter, 1697-1751
institution
Massachusetts Historical Society
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Massachusetts Historical Society Map Collection
subjects
Maps--1746
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1745--Maps
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Maps
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Canada
Louisbourg
North and Central America
Nova Scotia
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Maps
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Cartographic
country
Canada
city
Louisbourg
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1
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pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
P. Pelham fecit 1746. Sold by J. Smibert in Queen Street Boston N.E.
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45.9333
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-59.9667
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1 map : 45 x 56 cm.
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no
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z603vm811
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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