Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
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Graudenz, 1807
Carte der Gegend, Blokade und Belagerung der Festung Graudenz
1807 or laterEngraving and etching; printed on paper | Scale: 1:25,600 approx. | RCIN 735133
This medium-scale map of the topography in the neighbourhood of Graudenz, a Polish town which was then part of Prussia, shows the various positions of the besieging French troops during the siege which lasted from 2 January to 30 June 1807, when the town surrendered to the French. The hachures representing relief appear to be drawn to a scale which was devised to show the steepest slopes with shorter and darker lines. For a review of these systems of relief representation see Yolande Jones [Hodson] (1974).
Additional text: [top right, a detailed description and key, A-F, to the siege:] Erlæuterungen. [followed by a note on the boundaries of meadows, fields and wooded areas, and the state of the meadows on the Offa, which remain under water into the early part of the year.]
Condition: one fold line; brown stains to both sides.
Lÿnckner (active 1807) (cartographer and publisher) [top, between title and map border:] Aufgenommen, gezeichnet und herausgegeben von Lÿncker, Lieutenant im Grosherzogl: Hessischen Generalstāb
Johann Conrad Felsing (1766-1819) (engraver) [bottom right, below border:] gest. v. C. Felsing H.K.z. Darmst.
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line; brown stains to both sides
Scale: 1:25,600 approx. Scale bars: [125 mm =] 4000 Schritte; [132 mm =] 700 Rheinl. Ruthen.
37.8 x 45.4 cm (neatline)
41.5 x 45.9 cm (image)
43.8 x 51.1 cm (platemark)
48.1 x 57.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Carte der Gegend, Blokade und Belagerung der Festung Graudenz. [top, across top of map, outside border]
Additional text:
[top right, a detailed description and key, A-F, to the siege:] Erlæuterungen. [followed by a note on the boundaries of meadows, fields and wooded areas, and the state of the meadows on the Offa, which remain under water into the early part of the year.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Graudenz 22 Jan. – 30 June 1807.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Graudenz Carte der Gegend, Blokade un Belagerung der Festung Graudenz, vom 22.ten Jan. bis den 30.ten Juny 1807: vom Lieut. Lyncker.
Subject(s)
Grudziądz, Kujawsko, Poland (53°29'02"N 18°45'13"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Y. Jones, ‘Aspects of relief portrayal on 19th century British military maps’, The Cartographic Journal, June 1974, pp.1-15
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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