(COLONIAL WARS) Plan and description of the fortifications a

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(COLONIAL WARS.) Plan and description of the fortifications at Crown Point, a very early newspaper illustration, as published in an issue of the biweekly Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle. Pages [185]-192 pages, 11 x 8 inches, disbound; minor wear. London, 23 August 1758

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Fort Saint-Frédéric at Crown Point was a crucial French stronghold on the northern New York frontier. Though never actually attacked, it was the base for many French raids southwards until they destroyed it during a 1759 retreat. This "Plan of Fort Frederic at Crown Point" shows the fort's outlines, its interior buildings, and its location on the river leading to Lake George.

The woodcut (and its description) was recycled from an earlier magazine printing, in the Gentleman's Magazine of November 1755, page 525, although the caption type was redistributed in 1755 and then reset for the 1758 use. An example of that 1755 issue of Gentleman's Magazine is also included in this lot.