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The plains of Abraham : battlefield 1759 and 1760
- Title
- The plains of Abraham : battlefield 1759 and 1760 / The National Battlefields Commission in collaboration with Hélène Quimper ; translated by Katherine Hastings.
- Author
- Quimper, Hélène, 1970-
- Publication
- Montreal : Baraka Books, [2022]
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- Description
- 147 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- The fate of North America was sealed on the Plains of Abraham. France and England, historical enemies, faced off in September 1759 Quebec. France controlled large swaths of North America in three colonies with some 80,000 people of European and mixed origin; England's influence was limited to the much more populous Thirteen Colonies. The story of that battle began as tensions increased in early 18th-Century Europe, as France lost Acadia in 1713, followed by the deportation of the Acadians in 1755 and the siege of Louisbourg, the entry way to the Capital of New France. There was also conflict in 1753 in Ohio between English/American troops led by George Washington and Canadien and French troops, and the Jumonville Afffair in 1754. New France was of tremendous strategic interest for France. Its forces included a standing army, a militia raised among the "Canadiens," and many allied Indigenous nations. The English had naval superiority and could count on more numerous troops raised from the Thirteen Colonies. In this beautifully illustrated album, new light is cast on that decisive battle and on the second but little known battle of 1760, and their legacy.
- Uniform Title
- Plaines d'Abraham. English
- Alternative Title
- Plaines d'Abraham.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: Plaines d'Abraham.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147).
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- ch. One Tensions -- ch. Two War -- ch. Three The Siege -- ch. Four The Battle -- ch. Five Winter -- ch. Six Retaliation -- ch. Seven En Route To Peace -- ch. Eight Legacy.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4197
- ISBN
- 9781771862752
- 1771862750
- OCLC
- 1276932721
- Author
- Quimper, Hélène, 1970- author.
- Title
- The plains of Abraham : battlefield 1759 and 1760 / The National Battlefields Commission in collaboration with Hélène Quimper ; translated by Katherine Hastings.
- Publisher
- Montreal : Baraka Books, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147).
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Chronological Term
- 1759
- Added Author
- Hastings, Katherine, translator.Canada. National Battlefields Commission, issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4197