COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Plan of Quebec and Adjacent Country.
Obj Height cm:
38
Obj Width cm:
49
Scale 1:
31,680
Note:
Color map showing the encampments and works of the British and French armies during the siege of 1759. Included on the map are a view of Quebec from Point Levi and references to the map.
Reference:
P1347; Sabin 47432; Ristow p180.
Full Title:
Plan of Quebec and Adjacent Country Shewing The principal Encampments & Works of the British & French Armies during the Siege by General Wolfe in 1759. Reduced from the M.S.S. Map of Capt. J.B. Glegg, by John Melish.
List No:
2788.008
Series No:
10
Pub Date:
1815
Pub Title:
A Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States; Including The British Possessions & Florida ... By John Melish. Philadelphia, Published By John Melish. G. Palmer Printer 1815. (on verso) District of Pennsylvania ... fourteenth day of March ... 1815 ... John Melish ... hath deposited ... a book.
Pub Reference:
P1347; Sabin 47432; Ristow p180.
Pub Note:
2nd edition. 9 large folding maps, 3 small maps. Melish adds four large maps, two of the St. Lawrence river area, one of the Creek Indian Territory, and one of New Orleans. Catalogue of Melish's works in front. Maps in outline color bound in half leather with fabric ties. "Military Atlas" imprinted on the spine.
Pub List No:
2788.000
Pub Maps:
12
Pub Height cm:
22
Pub Width cm:
14
Image No:
2788008
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
John Melish
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Canada
City:
Quebec (Quebec)
Engraver or Printer:
Tanner, Henry S.
Publication Author:
Melish, John
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Melish, John
Date:
1815
Plan of Quebec and Adjacent Country.
