Research Catalog

Title

A survey of Lake Champlain [cartographic material] : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John / surveyed by order of His Excellency Major-General Sr. Jeffery Amherst ... Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, (now Lord Amherst) by William Brassier, draughtsman, 1762.

Author

Brasier, William.

Publication

London : Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett, Augst. 5th, 1776.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Jackson, P., Captain.
• Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
• John H. Levine Bequest (Map Div. 96-7708, copy 1)

Description

1 map : hand col.; 66 x 46 cm.

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

Early maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and south of Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776.
• From the publishers' The American military pocket atlas. [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," and inset "A particular plan of Lake George surveyed in 1756, by Capt. Jackson."

Indexed In (note)

• LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Call Number

Map Div. 96-7708

LCCN

gm 72002093

OCLC

5571391

Author

Brasier, William.

Title

A survey of Lake Champlain [cartographic material] : including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John / surveyed by order of His Excellency Major-General Sr. Jeffery Amherst ... Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America, (now Lord Amherst) by William Brassier, draughtsman, 1762.

Imprint

London : Printed for Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett, Augst. 5th, 1776.

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:400,000] (W 73°45ʹ--W 73°00ʹ/N 45°20ʹ--N 43°00ʹ).

Indexed In:

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1073

Additional Formats

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. 96-7708, copy 1, has ms. notation in ink on verso, corner: aa -- 54.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Library of Congress copy image

Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Jackson, P., Captain. Particular plan of Lake George surveyed in 1756.

Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)

John H. Levine Bequest (Map Div. 96-7708, copy 1)

Research Call Number

Map Div. 96-7708 [copy 1, Levine]