Subject: Quebec City & St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1769 (circa)
Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17 x 13 inches
43.2 x 33 cm
This handsome map vividly illustrates the English siege and attack on Quebec that resulted in the city's capture and ultimately the end of the French and Indian War. Tirion closely copied these details from a similar plan by Thomas Jefferys. The naval and army positions are graphically depicted and keyed to a table at upper right. There is a small inset of "De Rivier boven Quebek" at upper left. The map is adorned with a decorative title cartouche and compass rose.
References: Kershaw #1018; Koeman, Tir 4 #109.
Condition: B
Full contemporary color on a bright sheet with the watermark of "J. Honig & Zoonen" and a Strasbourg Lily. There is some extraneous creasing and moderate foxing.