Map of encampment near Hameln, 1783 (Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany) 52°06'14"N 09°21'22"E

A map of an imaginary encampment for 20-30,000 men in the vicinity of Hameln in 1783. Oriented with north to top: 'Norden oben'.

This is not a plan of an actual camp; it shows where, on the right bank of the River Weser, a camp of 20-30,000 men could be placed, and also where, on the left bank, a smaller camp could be accommodated. The description of the map and an explanation to the numbers is given in the explanatory text at RCIN 734098.2.d, which is signed by G.J. du Plat and dated at Hanover in July 1783. The map detail does not extend beyond the boundary of the Duchy of Schaumberg Hessen to the north-west. The camping ground is shown to the east of Hameln, in the neighbourhood of Afferde, with the Hastenbeck woodlands to the south.

This is one of seven maps (RCINs 734098.2.a, c, e, i, m, o, q) of proposed encampments in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein for 20-30,000 troops with accompanying explanatory texts. All formerly contained in a rough buff paper folder, on which is written the old heading: XIV/98-2 Encampments in Germany, 1783; [bottom, black pencil, in a modern hand:] a-r (no j) Jan '87 [i.e. 1987] CMB. See also RCINs 734098.2.a-r (no j).

Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.