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Judith:

I wonder whether you've asked this question of the best or most relevant
discussion list (no disrespect to all!) rather than MapHist?  The following
(see also 'Imago Mundi Bibliography entry no. 92:44(156)) in vol.44 (1992)
will provide good background and bibliographical sources:-

Military architecture cartography and the representation of the early modern
European city : a checklist of treatises on fortification in The Newberry
Library / Martha D. Pollack. - Chicago : The Newberry Library, 1991. - ISBN
0-911028-45-5

Or are you looking for a lavishly illustrated ('coffee-table') book that may
- perchance - help in identifying the image in the portrait?  Has your
inquirer exhausted the cartographic images webpages on Tony Campbell's
History of cartography site?  Peter van der Krogt would, I feel sure, be
willing to post an image of the inquirer's unidentified fortified plan on
MapHist (once the format has been agreed beforehand).

Francis (who will be at LIBER Conference in Helsinki all next week) Herbert
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> Does anyone know of a source for plans of cities showing fortifications,
> particularly those star-shaped ones built by colonial powers in the 17th
> and 18th centuries?  An inquirer has a portrait of an 18th century English
> gentleman holding such a plan, which we are trying to identify - could be
> North America, India or perhaps Europe, according to her family research.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Judith Scurfield
> Map Librarian,
> State Library of Victoria,
> 328 Swanston Street,
> Melbourne, Victoria 3000,
> Australia.
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