A contemporary plan of the Siege of Quebec of 1759

ROYAL MAGAZINE.

An Authentic Plan of the River S.t Laurence from Sillery to the Fall of Montmorenci, with the Operations of the Siege of Quebec under the Command of Vice-Adm.l Saunders & Maj.r Gen.l Wolfe down to the 5 Sep.r. 1759.
London, December 1759. Sheet 185 x 240mm.

Trimmed to neatline and laid on album paper, paper toned.

A plan of the environs of Quebec during the British attack on the city during the Seven Years' War, marking the camps of the English and French armies and the positions of the Royal Navy ships. In the top right corner is 'A View of the Action gain'd by the English, Sep.r 13, 1759, near Quebec', a plan of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in which the British beat the French decisively but lost General James Wolfe.


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