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Map Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique : pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août 1756

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Title

  • Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique : pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août 1756

Names

  • Therbu, L.
  • Cöntgen, G. J. (Georg Joseph), 1752-1799.

Created / Published

  • [Frankfurt-am-Main?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1789 and 1791]

Headings

  • -  Fort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.)--Capture, 1756--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Fortification--New York (State)--Oswego--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Campaigns--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Fort Oswego (Oswego)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Oswego

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Military maps

Notes

  • -  Engraved map of the British fortifications at the mouth of the Oswego River (now in city of Oswego, N.Y.) as depicted by the French.
  • -  Shows military actions taken in the capture of Fort Oswego (August 1756).
  • -  Relief shown by shading and rock drawings.
  • -  This map originally appeared in the atlas "Les plans de la guerre de sept ans" issued in parts between 1789 and 1791 in Mainz (Germany).
  • -  Includes index of battle sites and actions titled "Renvois".
  • -  Number in margin at lower right: Lit. c. N'ro 2.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map ; 23 x 23 cm, on sheet 46 x 32 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.O8S2 1791 .T4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014585739

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Therbu, L, and G. J Cöntgen. Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique: pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août. [Frankfurt-am-main?: publisher not identified, between 1789 and 1791, 1756] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014585739/.

APA citation style:

Therbu, L. & Cöntgen, G. J. (1756) Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique: pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août. [Frankfurt-am-main?: publisher not identified, between 1789 and 1791] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014585739/.

MLA citation style:

Therbu, L, and G. J Cöntgen. Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique: pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août. [Frankfurt-am-main?: publisher not identified, between 1789 and 1791, 1756] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014585739/>.