THE 'POINT LEVY' VERY FINE AND RARE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR MAP POWDER HORN, NEW YORK OR QUEBEC, CIRCA 1759 |

inscribed with the soldiers, cannons, the crest of the British monarch and the names of key sites of the Battle of Beauport including Montmorency Falls, Point-Levy, Plan of the city and Harbour of Quebec, Montcalm's Camp and Wolf's Camp.

Jim Johnston, Golden Age Arms Co., Delaware, Ohio, October 2001;
Vogel Collection no. 694.

James R. Johnston, Accouterments, Vol. I, (Delaware, Ohio: Golden Age Arms Co., 1990), pp. 189-191.

Overall fine condition. Surface wear and discoloration commensurate with age and use. Some losses to the edge where the butt cap meets the horn, as well as a 1/2" loss to the rim of the nozzle.
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This exceptional horn depicts the location of Point Levis or also called Pointe-Lévy as well as many other important points of interest in the decisive Battle of Quebec, also called Battle of the Plains of Abraham. It was a decisive defeat of the French under the marquis de Montcalm by a British force led by Maj. Gen. James Wolfe. The Battle of Quebec marked a turning point in the history of New France and what would eventually become Canada. By defeating and securing the French stronghold at Quebec, the British established a strong presence in New France, foreshadowing the eventual defeat of the French and the beginning of British hegemony in North America.