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Map A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituated at ye entrance of Cartagena Harbour or Boca-Chica with ye parts adjacent and also of the attacks made against the said forts

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Title

  • A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituated at ye entrance of Cartagena Harbour or Boca-Chica with ye parts adjacent and also of the attacks made against the said forts

Names

  • Thomas, John, engineer, the Elder.

Headings

  • -  Cartagena (Colombia)--History--Siege, 1741--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Fortification--Colombia--Cartagena--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Colombia--Cartagena

Notes

  • -  In lower margin: To his grace Iohn Duke of Montagu, this plan is most humbly dedicated by his graces, most dutifull & most obedient servant, Iohn Thomas.
  • -  Oriented with north to the left.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and watercolors.
  • -  Includes index, panoramic view, relief profile, and ill.
  • -  Insets: A plan of Fort St. Joseph -- A plan of Fort St. Philip -- A plan of Fort St. Jago -- Our battery consisting of twenty 24 pounders and 38 royalls with the intrenchments adjacent thereto.
  • -  LC Luso-Hispanic world, 277

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 47 x 69 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5294.C3S5 1741 .T5

Repository

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

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004632081

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas, John, Engineer, The Elder. A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituated at ye entrance of Cartagena Harbour or Boca-Chica with ye parts adjacent and also of the attacks made against the said forts. 1741. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004632081/.

APA citation style:

Thomas, J. (1741) A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituated at ye entrance of Cartagena Harbour or Boca-Chica with ye parts adjacent and also of the attacks made against the said forts. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004632081/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas, John, Engineer, The Elder. A plan of Fort St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Jago & of St. Philip scituated at ye entrance of Cartagena Harbour or Boca-Chica with ye parts adjacent and also of the attacks made against the said forts. 1741. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004632081/>.